A New Harbor man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal car crash he caused along Route 130 in Bristol on New Year’s Eve 2021.
According to the Bangor Daily News, Robert Campbell, now 41, has pleaded guilty to charges of manslaughter, operating under the influence of alcohol and endangering the welfare of a child in a crash that killed 69-year-old Karen McCubbin.
An affidavit by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office reported Campbell had been drunk driving along Route 130 with a 6-year-old boy in the back seat when he crossed into the opposite lane and crashed into McCubbin’s vehicle.
The collision occurred around 12:30 p.m. Dec. 31. McCubbin died at the scene and Campbell and the child were transported to a local hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Campbell’s sentence hearing is scheduled on Sept. 13 at the West Bath District Courthouse.
