PITTSFIELD, Mass. — An Adams man was sentenced on Monday to at least six years in prison for a fatal accident two years ago that killed 40-year-old Richard Kleiner.
Matthew C. Addy, 29, was found guilty of motor vehicle homicide on Dec. 2, 2008, after waiving a jury trial in Berkshire Superior Court.
Addy was driving a 1997 Pontiac Sunbird along North Summer Street in Adams when he collided with Kleiner, who was riding a 1996 Harley-Davidson. The accident occurred shortly after midnight on July 23, 2006.
Kleiner, of Richmond Lane, had been operator and co-owner of Gene's Sales & Service. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Addy, who had been drinking, had to be extricated from his car and taken to North Adams Regional Hospital.
Addy was found guilty of single counts of motor vehicle homicide while under the influence of alcohol, operating to endanger, and failure to stay in marked lanes.
Superior Court Judge Peter Velise ordered he serve a 6- to 7-year sentence at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction on the motor vehicle homicide charge. The other charge was placed on file.
The investigation was conducted by members of the Adams Police Department and state troopers assigned to the Accident Reconstruction Unit.
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