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Police Say Man Driving Drunk Responsible for State Senator's Death

Police Say Man Driving Drunk Responsible for State Senator's Death - Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 7:10PM EST

Reported by: Laurie Monteforte
Wednesday, Jan 14, 2009 @ 07:10pm EST
45-year-old Thomas Senavitis from Carbon County was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide while driving under the influence, along with a number of other charges.

Police say Senavitis was behind the wheel of his pickup truck when he crossed the center line and slammed head-on into the car driven by State Senator James Rhoades on October 17. They say Senavitis' blood alcohol level was .355, more than 4 times the legal limit of .08. Senavitis claims he only had one beer that day.

Rhoades died the day after the crash and his wife Mary was seriously hurt.