A 22-year-old Salamanca man has pleaded guilty to
manslaughter and vehicular manslaughter after the vehicle he was driving last
November crashed, killing a passenger. District Attorney Lori Rieman said
Damion Taylor also entered guilty pleas to five other charges in Cattaraugus
County court this week to include criminally negligent homicide. The
alcohol-fueled crash on Old Route 17 in Salamanca caused the death of
21-year-old Alexandrea Kindt, also of Salamanca. She died when the car slammed
into a tree and she was ejected from the vehicle. The DA says Taylor then fled
the scene and went to a party. He later turned himself in. Two other men were also in the vehicle when it
crashed…one was hurt. Taylor remains in the Cattaraugus County jail. He’ll
be sentenced October 15th.
