April sentencing for Gwinn motorcyclist involved in fatal crash

Public Radio 90, WNMU | By Nicole Walton

Published March 13, 2015 at 9:33 AM EDT

MARQUETTE, MI-- A sentencing date has been set for a Delta County man accused in a Gwinn motorcycle accident that killed his passenger.

William Toyra, Jr., 43, of Rock pleaded no contest in Marquette County Circuit Court Thursday to operating while intoxicated, causing death. He allegedly hit the Happy Hour Bar with his motorcycle August 23, killing his passenger—a 45-year-old Gwinn woman.

Toyra faces up to 15 years in prison. Sentencing is set for April 17.

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Nicole Walton

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.

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