A man has been charged with murder in Logan County following a motorcycle accident on July 4 of last year that killed a female passenger and sent another person to the hospital. The suspect has a history of convictions.
Court papers show Nathaniel Keith Allen, 56, was operating his 2003 Ford Taurus with a blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit (which is one of the most common Causes of motorcycle injuries in Chicago) when smashed into a 2014 Indian motorcycle with two on board near the intersection of Douglas Blvd. and Simmons Rd. just after 11:30 p.m. Related story: Guthrie woman killed in motorcycle accident
Allen was charged with murder in the second degree, causing a collision under the influence of alcohol resulting in bodily harm and driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, subsequent offense.
Guthrie News Page has learned Allen was taken into custody Friday morning by the U.S. Marshalls and Oklahoma Highway Patrol and is in the process of being escorted to the Logan County Jail.
Elizabeth Miller, 50, of Guthrie died at the scene due to injuries sustained in the accident. The driver of the motorcycle, William Thames, of Edmond, was admitted into an Edmond hospital with a broken ankle, which later required surgery.
Both riders, who were thrown off, were not wearing helmets.
A OHP trooper says the motorcycle was pulling away from the southbound stop sign when the motorcycle was hit.
According to court papers, Allen was at a family member’s home and consumed alcoholic beverages. when he left and caused the accident. He was taken to an Edmond hospital for a blood draw following the accident. The results of the tests revealed a blood alcohol concentration of .12, which is greater than the .08 legal limit.
This accident was completely avoidable as there is no need for anyone to drive while drunk. Accidents like this occur far too often and can seriously affect the victims life, or even take it. If you have been in a motorcycle accident that was caused through no fault of your own then you may be able to get compensation if you get someone like these New york motorcycle attorneys involved.
Allen has four prior convictions, including three for driving under the influence in 1996, 2002 and 2008. In 1997, he was convicted of possession of cocaine.
If convicted of the murder charge, Allen could face no less than 10 years in prison and not more than life along with a fine of up $10,000.
This guy is mostly to blame… But the victims weren’t wearing a helmet. Terrible that what might be a fender bender with another automobile becomes murder because its a motorcycle and helmets aren’t worn!
Nevermind the fact that this guy was drunk and driving, and he hit a motorcycle stopped at a stop sign and that he was been arrested for drunk driving three times before and did not learn his lesson, and he hit the motorcycle so hard from behind that the victims neck was broken, be I am sure that a helmet made to protect a head would of stopped a neck from breaking. He is TOTALLY to blame.
If this happened 4th of July 2015, why wasn’t the driver arrested at the time of the incident if he had priors? Why was he released to be free until april? This incident is one sided. Did anyone mention that this same story came out that holiday weekend and the story was completely different. No one mentioned that he stayed at the scene called 911 and cooperated with police and detectives to the fullest. Now he is being made out to be a murderer. Smh..I guess we will never know the toxicology report of the motorcycle driver. Go figure.
There is no helmet law in Oklahoma yes her neck wuz brokin and internal bleeding as well which helmet can’t stop internal bleeding from lungs this lady wuz my mother and if she had a helmet wouldn’t have stopped her death. I have came to forgive this man after these years but the judishal system has some responsibility in this as well fourth dui took my mother’s life to get him off the street
And another there this no fault of the morercycle driver to get a alcohol test the driver ran into them not the motercyclest fault he wuz hit from behind
yes and also he wuz gonna leave the seen of the accident but so happened a bustanded came by and seen the drive g