Untimely Death.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

This past Saturday night Miami Univ. played at The Univ. of Toledo. Later that evening Michael Perry (field judge in the game), 46, of Amherst, NY, killed in an automobile accident when the automobile he was riding in was struck by a van that ran a red light. The crew had left their hotel to look for a resturant for a post game meal.

[SWFLguy]

Sorry to hear such news. Years ago a member of my high school
chapter back north suffered a fatal heart attack during a game.
I always give my wife a kiss good-bye every time I leave for a game.
You never know.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
This past Saturday night Miami Univ. played at The Univ. of Toledo. Later that evening Michael Perry (field judge in the game), 46, of Amherst, NY, killed in an automobile accident when the automobile he was riding in was struck by a van that ran a red light. The crew had left their hotel to look for a resturant for a post game meal.

The following article was printed in today's The (Toledo, Ohio) Blade. Unfortunately, the article was not posted on The Blade's website so I had to type it in its entirety.




Driver not guilty in fatal accident.

A man accused of causing the death of a college football referee in a traffic accident last year in West Toledo was found not guilty by reason of insanity yesterday in Lucas County CommonPleas court.

Deeb Mashni, 29, of 40 Tiffany Square Drive was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and vehicular assault for the Oct. 27 accident at Douglas Road and Monroe Street that Killed Michael Perry and injured George Santoro.

Mr. Perry, 46, of Amherst, N.Y., was driving west on Monroe about 1:30am when Mr. Mashni’s minivan traveling north on Douglas about 55 to 65 mph, ran a red light, and hit the Perry vehicle. The speed limit is 35.

Mr. Perry was the field judge for the University of Toledo-Miami University of Ohio football game, which ended several hours before the accident. Mr. Santoro, of Hamburg, N.Y., who was a passenger in the victim’s car, was the umpire.

Judge Ronal Bowman ruled yesterday that Mr. Mashni was mentally ill and sent him to the Northcoast Behavioral Heatlhcare System.

Mr. Mashni was found not competent to stand trial in January after he underwent two court-ordered psychiatric examinations. Judge Bowman sent Mr. Mashni to Northcoast, a Toledo psychiatric care facility, for treatment.

In a hearing April 8, Judge Bowman reviewed the case and ruled Mr. Mashni competent to stand trial. He then underwent further evaluation at Northcoast to determine his sanity.

Under Ohio law, Mr. Mashni could be committed to a mental institution for up to 6-1./2 years, the amount of time he would have served in prison for the two crimes.

The judge set a Nov. 5 hearing to review the case, at which time he’ll determine whether the court will retain jurisdiction over Mr. Mashni’s treatment.