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Tuesday, March 20, 2012  A 42-year-old man faces up to 24 years in prison for the crash that killed six Amish farmers and injured eight others as they traveled on an upstate New York road last summer.

Friday, February 24, 2012  A western New York man has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and driving under the influence of drugs in a crash that killed six Amish farmers and injured eight others last July.

Friday, October 14, 2011  A motorist arrested after a wreck that killed six Amish farmers in rural upstate New York has pleaded not guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and manslaughter charges.

Monday, October 03, 2011  Update: Grand jury indictment against driver in deadly Amish crash that killed 6 people released. Aggravated homicide and 6 counts of manslaughter among the charges.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011  A sixth person has been killed following last week's crash in Yates County, according to  Yates County Sheriff Ron Spike .

Thursday, July 21, 2011  The case against the man accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed five people in Yates County will now head to a Grand Jury.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  The man charged after a wreck that killed five Amish farmers in rural Yates County had spent time in prison for stealing a Rochester police car and leading cops on a chase.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  A Yates County man is accused of killing five Amish people in a horrific drunk driving crash, and now police have released the names of those who were killed.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  UPDATE: A Penn Yan man is facing Criminally Negligent Homicide and DWI charges in the deadly crash.