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Driver fails test, trial to begin
JACKSON COUNTY, Oregon - The trial of a man charged with two drunken-driving deaths in less than a decade started in January. John Patrick Bush, 30, is on trial for second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and driving under the influence of intoxicants in connection of the 2003 death of Robert Baker, 29. Police said Bush was driving his pickup truck with Baker in the passenger seat when he flipped the vehicle against an embankment. Bush’s blood-alcohol level was nearly four times the legal limit at .296 percent. Baker died at the scene.
Nine years prior to that fatal crash, Bush was the driver in another accident that claimed the life of 21-year-old David Edward Buchanan. Bush was indicted on several charges, but they were dismissed and he served probation after pleading guilty. When police questioned Bush about the most recent crash, he showed signs of deception during a polygraph exam that probed his alcohol use and driving record. He also does not have a valid license.