A MOTORCYCLIST who abandoned his female pillion after she fell from the back of his motorcycle and suffered a fatal injury has been sent to jail for three months.
John Ferland of Auburn, USA, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of an accident, rather than the felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident causing serious injury.
Justice Thomas E. Delahanty II sentenced Ferland to 364 days but suspended all but three months of the sentence. Ferland must also serve a year of probation and perform 300 hours of public service.
The Judge said he couldn't prove that Ferland knew the victim was seriously injured when he left her on July 22, 2006. The victim, Irene Douglas, 36, of Lewiston, died several days later.
