The 58-year-old father of three en route back to New Jersey after accepting a job in Toronto
Amy DellA 32-year-old upstate New York woman accused of driving drunk and causing a wrong-way crash that killed a West Orange man outside Syracuse pleaded not guilty to vehicular manslaughter, according to CNYCentral.com.
Amy Dell was in a Ford Escape headed north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 when she collided head-on with a vehicle driven by 58-year-old Bruce Ham, Syracuse.com reported.
Ham was driving back to New Jersey on May 8 after accepting a job in Toronto when Dell hit his Lexus around 3:17 a.m. in LaFayette, N.Y.
Dell is charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation. She remains held on $1 million bail and is due back in court on Oct. 1
She spent the hours before the crash bar-hopping around Armory Square in downtown Syracuse, according to a lawsuit filed by Hamm's family last month.
Ham, the father of three adult children, planned to move to Canada in the fall with his wife, Syracuse.com reported.
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