Posted November 02, 2021 06:52am
(KNZA)--A Circleville man will serve more than one year in jail on charges in connection with a 2020 Jackson County utility vehicle accident that claimed the life of a Fargo, North Dakota teenager.
22-year-old Wyatt Olberding was sentenced Friday in Jackson County District Court on a felony count of involuntary manslaughter along misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence, reckless driving and transporting an open container.
Jackson County Attorney Shawna Miller told MSC News that Olberding was granted three years probation on the felony charge, and ordered to serve one year and 3 months in jail on the misdemeanor charges.
He is to begin serving the jail sentence Friday.
Olberding pleaded no contest to the amended charges in August.
13-year-old Iziah Martinez was killed in the accident early July 5 of last year about two miles northeast of Netawaka. Five others, including Olberding, were injured.
The Jackson County Sheriff's Department said Olberding was driving a side-by-side UTV besides another UTV when he lost control, causing his vehicle to overturn. Martinez was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene.