Hauula man gets 10 years for fatal drunk-driving crash
A state judge sentenced a 21-year-old Hauula man today to the maximum 10-year prison term for first-degree negligent homicide for a drunken-driving crash in which his friend was killed.
Bryan Thomas Miller III was the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into the guardrail of Kamehameha Highway’s Kahawainui Bridge in Laie on Nov. 14, 2009. Miller’s front seat passenger, former Kahuku High School quarterback Waika Carvalho, 23, died in the crash.
Miller was 19 years old at the time. His blood alcohol content was 0.19.
It is unlawful for anyone under 21 to consume alcohol. For those 21 and older, it is unlawful to operate a vehicle with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 or higher.