Prosecutor: Driver had been drinking before fatal Olney crash

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The sole surviving passenger of a crash that killed three young people in Olney said the driver had been drinking and was speeding when the car slammed into a tree early Sunday morning, a top prosecutor said.

Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said Monday that Kevin Coffay and his four passengers had been to two parties on Saturday night before the fatal wreck that killed three passengers and sent the fourth to the hospital.

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