Port Angeles man admits guilt in fatal drunken driving crash

PORT ANGELES — A man charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a First Nations man from British Columbia has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in July.

Steven W. Boyd, 49, of Port Angeles pleaded guilty Wednesday to alcohol-related vehicular homicide and two counts of vehicular assault in connection with an early morning Aug. 25 collision that killed Ahousaht First Nation member Darrell Campbell, 49, of Ahousat, B.C., and seriously injured Campbell’s brother and niece.

Superior Court Judge Ken Williams set sentencing for 1 p.m. July 23 but denied Boyd’s request for a furlough.

Boyd wanted to spend time “getting his affairs in order” and visiting with his father, who has terminal cancer and is not expected to survive the approximately five-year prison term Boyd probably will receive, said Alex Stalker of Clallam Public Defender, who represents Boyd.