LOCKPORT — Niagara County District Attorney Brian D. Seaman announced that David P. Draper, of Niagara Falls was sentenced to 2 to 6 years in State Prison this morning on his conviction of Leaving the Scene of a Fatal Motor Vehicle Incident Without Reporting. Draper previously admitted to striking and killing 61 year old Barry C. Tierney who was riding his bike on Lewiston Road in Lewiston last September 11th, and then proceeding home without stopping or reporting the incident.
“The evidence in the case showed that the defendant had been drinking and that was the reason he did not stop and call police,” said Seaman. “Because he didn’t stop we will never know what his blood alcohol content was. The law, however, makes leaving the scene of a fatality the same level offense as a Vehicular Manslaughter, because nobody should be able to obtain a benefit from fleeing the scene.”
The sentence was imposed by County Court Judge John Ottaviano, and the case was investigated by the Lewiston Police Department and prosecuted by Vehicular Crimes Bureau Chief Christine Savoia.
