A Kotzebue jury found snowmachiner Patrick Tickett guilty Tuesday of manslaughter, first-degree assault and drunken driving in the 2008 death of an Anchorage doctor.
Tickett, now 22, was driving a snowmachine on a trail outside of Kotzebue when he slammed into Roger Gollub, who was trying his hand at dog mushing for the first time. A jury delivered the verdict at about 6:30 p.m., said assistant attorney general Gregg Olson.
Tickett was originally charged with second-degree murder. Superior Court Judge Ben Esch did not find sufficient evidence to sustain the charge, according to Alaska Newspapers Inc.
Tickett's lawyer argued that the death was a tragic accident that the snowmachiner could not have avoided.
Tickett called 911 the night of the accident, telling authorities that the musher was wearing all white on the snowy trail. "I didn't see him until he was right in front of me," the snowmachiner said according to a tape of the call played Jan. 19 in the Kotzebue court house.
Tickett's blood alcohol content, tested hours after the crash, was 0.069 percent, Olson said in court. Kotzebue musher Tracey Schaeffer was seriously injured in the crash.
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