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Kan. man convicted in crash that killed family of 5 arrested

Goodnow -photo Shawnee County
Goodnow -photo Shawnee County

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man who had alcohol in his system when he killed a family of five in a crash 30 years ago has been charged with driving under the influence.

Shawnee County sheriff’s Sgt. Todd Stallbaumer says deputies spotted 52-year-old Daryl Goodnow, of Meriden, attempting to drive a pickup truck Wednesday with a light pole lodged underneath. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Goodnow was transported to the Shawnee County Jail and has been released on bond.

Goodnow was 21 in 1986 when the truck he was driving crossed the center line of U.S. 75 and collided head-on with a sport utility vehicle. The crash killed a rural Mayetta couple and three children.

Goodnow was released on parole in 1991 but violated it with a 1995 DUI arrest in Topeka.

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