BIDDEFORD — A York County grand jury has indicted a 19-year-old Biddeford man on charges of manslaughter and fatal operating under the influence.

Patrick Beatson faces the charges in connection with a Jan. 8 car crash that killed his friend, 19-year-old Chaz Dorais, of Biddeford.

Dorais was riding in the 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier that Beatson was driving.

Beatson lost control on West Street in Biddeford and the vehicle slammed into a garage.


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