Man admits killing 5 in wrong-way crash while driving drunk
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A Pennsylvania man has admitted driving drunk in a 2016 wrong-way crash that killed five people.
Twenty-nine-year-old Gennadiy Manannikov, of Lake Ariel, pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of homicide by vehicle while driving drunk.
A Lackawanna County judge asked Manannikov if he understood that he faced up to 60 years in prison by pleading guilty, and Manannikov nodded his head and said yes.
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State police said Manannikov drove the wrong way on Interstate 81 for about 7 miles before colliding head-on with another vehicle.
Four people in the vehicle Manannikov hit were killed, as was his passenger.
Manannikov had a blood alcohol content of 0.149 at the time of the wreck. The state's limit for drivers is 0.08 percent.