By The Associated Press
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. - A state prison inmate who was allegedly drunk during a deadly crash while he was on furlough has an Oct. 27 plea hearing in Harrison Circuit Court.
Under a plea agreement, Jeffrey Scott Davis is scheduled to plead to felony driving under the influence resulting in death, according to The Exponent Telegram.
Davis, 32, of Wallace, was on furlough from Parkersburg Correctional Center early on the morning of April 26 when he lost control of his vehicle and it crashed into a ditch. A passenger, Courtney Lane Cottrill, 27, was killed.
Davis allegedly told officers he had drank about six beers prior to the crash.