$1 Million Bond Set In Fatal Motorcycle Crash
South Dakota Driver Faces Charges In Death Of Colorado Man
POSTED: 9:15 am MDT August 9, 2005
Bond was set at $1 million Monday for a South Dakota man accused of
driving under the influence and slamming into two Colorado motorcyclists,
killing one of them.
Garold Lee Fowler, 46, of Hill City, S.D., protested the high bond Monday,
saying he was a life-long resident of the area and has a wife and six
children.
Magistrate Judge Shawn Pahkle said, "Sir, you're alleged to have killed
someone," and said she considered his previous criminal record before
setting the bond. If Fowler is found guilty, it would be his sixth
lifetime DUI conviction, according to the Rapid City Journal. It would be
his third DUI charge in the last 10 years, prosecutors said.
Authorities said Fowler was driving a Chevrolet S-10 pickup on Aug. 3 and
rear-ended a Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was stopped to make a left
turn between Keystone and Hill City in the Black Hills.
The motorcycle's driver, James Byron Cain, 53, of Englewood, Colo., was
killed in the accident. His wife, Judith Buch-Cain, 45, was injured and
treated at a Rapid City hospital before being discharged the next day.
Both were wearing helmets at the time of the crash, police said.
Fowler is charged with vehicular homicide, vehicular battery and felony
driving under the influence.
The Englewood couple was heading to the Sturgis motorcycle rally at the
time of the accident. The rally started Monday in Sturgis, S.D., about 50
miles north of the accident site.