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Jun 9, 2008 5:03 pm US/Central
Driver Charged In Death Of Mansfield Cyclists
(CBS 11 / TXA 21)
A 24-year-old Duncanville man is out of jail one day after two bicyclists were killed. Kenneth Brandon Bain is charged with intoxication manslaughter in the deaths.
Kenneth remained inside his parents Duncanville home Monday morning, "pretty distraught and scared", according to his brother Brian.
The Grand Prairie accident scene had all the images of tragedy and death. A sports utility truck mangled and broken... the lives of two bicyclists taken in an instant.
"We deeply grieve for these families. Our prayers are with them, but it was an accident," Brian said, regarding the crash.
Sunday morning, Kenneth Bain was driving his Lincoln Navigator eastbound in the 800 block of West Camp Wisdom Road in Grand Prairie.
Police say he hit and killed Mansfield bicyclists Meredith Hatch, 38, and 36-year-old Mike Alfaro. The pair, who were members of a cycling group, was out near Joe Pool Lake training for an event.
Police say Kenneth Bain failed a field sobriety test and was placed under arrest. While at the scene police drew blood to determine his alcohol level. One investigator reportedly said Bain admitted to drinking at a bachelor party a few hours before the accident.
Member of the Bain family believe the official blood alcohol test will clear Kenneth of the intoxication charges. "When I was with him them after it [the accident] happened, there was no indication to me that he was inebriated or anything," said Ken Bain Sr.
Kenneth Bain was released from jail on Sunday after posting $50,000 bond. According to his family and police he has no prior police history.
Police should have the results of Bain's blood alcohol test in about two weeks.
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