Southern Utah man charged in ATV crash that killed his spouse 4 years in the past

KANAB — A person who police say crashed his all-terrain car whereas driving impaired almost 4 years in the past, ensuing within the dying of his spouse, is now dealing with a legal cost.

Ashley R. Pyne, 49, who lives within the Duck Creek space of Kane County, was charged Tuesday in sixth District Court docket with vehicle murder, a second-degree felony.

In accordance with charging paperwork, on Sept. 11, 2020, Pyne “consumed alcohol and left a celebration along with his spouse in an ATV. He was too impaired to drive. He was driving too quick on a gravel highway on a pointy flip, which resulted in a rollover accident. His spouse was killed resulting from his actions.”

The Kane County Sheriff’s Workplace issued a press release in 2020 stating that the ATV “took a nook too quick and hit a ditch inflicting the ATV to roll. The feminine, 40-year-old Amy Joelle Knowlton, was ejected from the ATV and handed away on the scene from her accidents.”

Pyne’s blood-alcohol content material was 0.164%, or greater than 3 times the authorized restrict, the costs state.

The crash occurred on Rim Highway within the Meadow View Estates subdivision on Cedar Mountain.