
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, March 11, 1990                   TAG: 9003112675
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: CARROLLTON, KY.                                LENGTH: Short

CRASH DRIVER'S LAWYERS FILE NOTICE OF APPEAL

Attorneys for a man sentenced to 16 years imprisonment in the nation's worst drunken-driving accident have filed notice they will appeal his conviction.

Larry Mahoney, 36, was convicted Dec. 23 on 81 charges in the May 14, 1988, crash that killed 24 teen-agers and three adults traveling in a school bus.

Mahoney's pickup truck, going the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, slammed head-on into the bus, which quickly was engulfed in flames. The victims were on a church outing.

Mahoney was convicted on 27 counts of second-degree manslaughter, 12 counts of first-degree assault, 27 counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, 14 counts of second-degree wanton endangerment and one count of driving under the influence.

Mahoney was sentenced to 16 years in prison and must serve half the sentence before being eligible for parole.

- Associated Press

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