Two passengers, Heather Buffum and Melissa Duff, were killed in the accident.
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GREENFIELD – A man from Orange has been convicted of charges including drunken driving and vehicular manslaughter for causing a crash four years ago that claimed the lives of two of his passengers.
Daniel Tompkins was found guilty Tuesday after a bench trial in Greenfield Superior Court.
The judge in handing down the conviction said the evidence showed that the 34-year-old Tompkins was driving the SUV on June 20, 2007 when it flipped over in Bernardston, rolled 150 feet, and ejected all four people in the vehicle.
Two passengers, 21-year-old Heather Buffum and 25-year-old Melissa Duff were killed.
The Recorder of Greenfield reported that Tompkins claimed that he was not driving at the time, but the judge called that claim “ludicrous.”
Tompkins is scheduled to be sentenced on June 23.