(KNSI) — A plea deal has reportedly been offered to the driver accused of killing a 2020 Cathedral High School grad and another man this past summer.
Prosecutors offered the deal to 51-year-old James Blue. Blue is charged with two counts of third-degree murder and criminal vehicular homicide for the crash that killed 20-year-old Mack Motzko and 24-year-old Sam Schuneman on July 24th. Blue can plead guilty to two counts of third-degree murder with a sentence of 10 and a half to 12 and a half years in prison. His attorneys say they’re not ready to decide.
Blue was allegedly under the influence and speeding as his car missed a curve on North Shore Drive in Orono. The car went off the road, killing Motzko and Schuneman.
A tentative trial date is set for April 18th.
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