BENNINGTON, Vt. – A Vermont motive force on Monday pleaded not guilty to a fee in the June crash that killed actor Treat Williams.
Ryan Koss, 35, may well be sentenced to as much as 15 years in jail if he is convicted of gross negligent operation with demise ensuing.
An investigation of the June 12 crash in Dorset concluded a car pulled in entrance of Williams, who used to be using a bike and used to be not able to steer clear of a collision, Vermont State Police mentioned.
Koss used to be turning left into a car park in an Honda SUV when he collided with Williams’ oncoming bike, police mentioned. Williams, 71, of Manchester Center, used to be pronounced lifeless at Albany Medical Center in New York.
Richard Treat Williams’ just about 50-year profession incorporated starring roles in the TV collection “Everwood” and the film “Hair.” He seemed in greater than 120 TV and movie roles, together with the films “The Eagle Has Landed,” “Prince of the City” and “Once Upon a Time in America.”
Koss, the managing ingenious director of the Dorset Theatre Festival in Vermont, mentioned he knew Williams for years as a member of the tight-knit group, in addition to a fellow theater member and considered him a friend. He issued a remark in August pronouncing he used to be devastated through Williams’ demise and introduced his “sincerest condolences” to Williams’ circle of relatives, however he denied wrongdoing and mentioned fees were not warranted.
