{"id":1259406,"date":"2023-09-14T16:33:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T21:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1259406"},"modified":"2023-09-15T15:04:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T20:04:54","slug":"22-year-old-charged-with-intoxication-manslaughter-after-fatal-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1259406","title":{"rendered":"Big Sandy man charged with intoxication manslaughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1259407\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/william-chaplinski-mugshot-200x113.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/william-chaplinski-mugshot-200x113.webp 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/william-chaplinski-mugshot-550x310.webp 550w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/william-chaplinski-mugshot-175x98.webp 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/william-chaplinski-mugshot-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/william-chaplinski-mugshot.webp 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>SMITH COUNTY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Our news partners at KETK report that a 22-year-old was charged with intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle after a head-on wreck in Smith County left another man dead. The wreck happened on State Highway 155, half a mile south of Winona on Sept. 8 at 11:09 p.m. William Chaplinski of Big Sandy was reportedly driving a 2006 Nissan Titan south on 155 when he crossed the center line in an attempt to pass another vehicle. A preliminary crash report from DPS indicates that the Nissan collided head-on with a 2012 Kia Sportage driven by 42-year-old Harry Collins, III of Tyler. Collins was pronounced dead at the scene and Chaplinski was taken to a local hospital for treatment.<!--more--> According to DPS, the roadway was wet at the time and neither driver was wearing a seatbelt.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Chaplinski was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153determined to be intoxicated at the time of the crash\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and he was charged with intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle, booked into the Smith County Jail and given a $100,000 bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMITH COUNTY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Our news partners at KETK report that a 22-year-old was charged with intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle after a head-on wreck in Smith County left another man dead. The wreck happened on State Highway 155, half a mile south of Winona on Sept. 8 at 11:09 p.m. William Chaplinski of Big Sandy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1259406\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big Sandy man charged with intoxication manslaughter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1259417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/william-chaplinski-mugshot-200x113.webp","fifu_image_alt":"22-year-old charged with intoxication manslaughter after fatal crash","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1259406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 20:36:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/william-chaplinski-mugshot-200x113.webp","fifu_image_alt":"22-year-old charged with intoxication manslaughter after fatal crash","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1259406"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1259488,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259406\/revisions\/1259488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1259417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1259406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1259406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1259406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}