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Lockport man sentence for vehicular manslaughter

Joshua Kalenda, 30, pleaded guilty to second degree vehicular manslaughter in July.
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LOCKPORT, N.Y. — A Lockport man was sentenced to time in prison for vehicular manslaughter. 

Joshua Kalenda, 30, pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular manslaughter in July after an investigation of a crash on Campbell Boulevard in the Town of Pendleton that occurred on Nov. 20, 2020. 

Kalenda received the maximum term of state prison between two and one-third and seven years.

Kalenda was high on marijuana and opiates when he drove his vehicle across the center line and crashed head-on into a car driven by Melissa Maras of Williamsville, according to a New York State Police investigation. 

Maras, who was a Registered Nurse, was killed in the crash.

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