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

DATE: TUESDAY, November 23, 1993                   TAG: 9311230020
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: BRANDON, FLA.                                LENGTH: Short

EX-OLYMPIC DIVER WILL BE FREED FROM PRISON

Olympic diver Bruce Kimball, who in 1988 drove drunk into a group of teens and killed two, will be released Wednesday after serving less than five years of a 17-year prison sentence for manslaughter.

But when Kimball, 30, walks out of a Miami halfway house, he will not be completely free.

Kimball will never be able to hold a driver's license, will remain on probation for 15 years and during that time must have a judge's permission before he can visit any place that serves alcohol.

Department of Corrections officials said Kimball plans to move to Illinois upon his release, and his probation will be handled there. Neither state officials, Kimball nor his family in Michigan would say what his plans are.

Kimball, who was traveling at 70 to 90 mph with a blood-alcohol level at twice the legal limit, told authorities he didn't see about 35 youths who had parked along a dead-end street.

Robbie Bedell and Kevin Gossic, 16, were killed instantly. Raymond Kerker, then 16, and April Bruffy, then 18, suffered leg fractures and have since had more than 12 operations combined. Four others were treated and released.

Kimball pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter while driving under the influence and three counts of DUI with serious injury.

Keywords:
FATALITY

by CNB