Rep. Janklow Charged With Manslaughter
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Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003
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FLANDREAU, S.D. – Rep. William Janklow, R-S.D., was charged Friday with second-degree manslaughter in the death of a Minnesota motorcylist.
The victim, Randolph E. Scott, a 55-year-old farmer from Hardwick, Minn., collided with Janklow's car after the congressman allegedly ran a stop sign.
The charge, a felony, is the most serious in South Dakota involving a motor vehicle accident when drugs or alcohol are not involved. Janklow, a four-term governor before he went to Congress, also was charged with three misdemeanors: reckless driving, speeding and failure to stop at a stop sign.
Moody County, S.D., prosecutors accused Janklow in a criminal complaint of "the reckless killing of another human being" in the Aug. 16 accident. Investigators said Janklow was driving 70 to 75 miles an hour when he ran a stop sign and collided with the motorcycle, killing the cyclist, according to the South Dakota State Patrol.
Janklow broke his right hand and suffered a head injury.
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