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Man guilty in fatal crash By Juliette Rule rep9@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - There always was the hope jurors would have doubts, that they would acquit her father, Mandy Holland said Thursday. But the Weld County, Colo., woman's father, Ron Holland, now faces as many as 30 years in prison for the death of Janna Klussmann and the serious injuries suffered by her husband, Andrew Klussmann, a former Colorado State University volleyball coach. It took jurors fewer than three hours to find Holland, 45, guilty of being a reckless, drunken driver on Father's Day 2004 as he...

Drunken driving death trial begins By Juliette Rule rep9@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Decisions to drive drunk, speed and race through red lights had fatal consequences, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday on the first day of an aggravated vehicular homicide trial here. Ron Holland, 45, of Greeley, Colo., is accused of being the drunken driver who rammed into a mini-van on Father's Day, killing one person. Investigators calculated his speed at 55-62 mph, well over the posted limit of 45 mph. And one witness told police Holland ran two red lights before causing the fatal accident. From...