A Buhler man who entered a plea to involuntary manslaughter, while the state dropped three other counts including DUI and two counts of aggravated battery is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in front of Judge Trish Rose.
Matthew Yoder was charged in the case after a car crash that killed one his passengers and injured two others. It was July 26, 2011 when Yoder was going north on Elm just after 2:30 in the morning, ran a stop sign at the intersection with East 11th, and his car was hit broadside by a west bound car driven by 23-year-old Kyle Ridgeway. Yoder’s car continued to the northwest part of the intersection where it hit a utility pole.
A Passenger in Yoder’s vehicle, 29-year-old John Senabulya of Hutchinson was killed in the collision. A third person in his car was taken to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Ridgeway was also taken to Hutchinson Regional where he suffer a dislocated shoulder.
Yoder allegedly had a blood alcohol level of .11. He had told officers that he had five rum and cokes while at a local nightclub.
Sentencing is set for 3 p-m, Friday afternoon.