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Updated: Thursday, 10 Jan 2013, 5:25 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 10 Jan 2013, 12:09 PM EST

Posted by: Emily Lenihan

AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) - The Erie County District Attorney’s Office says a Niagara Falls man pleaded guilty to a motorcycle crash that claimed two lives, and left a woman seriously injured.

The DA’s office says 53-year-old David Smith pleaded guilty to first-degree vehicular manslaughter, second-degree vehicular assault and driving while intoxicated. These charges are higher than those he could have been convicted of, had he gone to trial.

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Smith admits to driving drunk when he lost control of his motorcycle, drove off Tonawanda Creek Road and onto a bike path in November. The crash caused the death of 26-year-old Jocelyn Elberson and 81-year-old Sheila Pelton. The crash caused seriously physical injuries to 79-year-old Foster Pelton.

Smith faces a maximum prison sentence of 15 years in prison, when he is sentenced in March.

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