Ice dancing champion Staviski charged over drunk driving death
SOFIA, Bulgaria: World ice dancing champion Maxim Staviski has been charged over a drunk driving accident that left a man dead and a woman in a coma, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The 30-year-old skater was charged with drunk driving and causing a fatal accident.
“The sentence for such a crime could be from three to 10 years in prison,” public prosecutor Svetlozar Kostov said.
No trial date has been set, and Staviski has not been taken into custody.
Staviski's sport utility vehicle collided with a car in the oncoming lane in the Black Sea city of Burgas on Aug. 5. The crash killed a 23-year-old man and seriously injured his 18-year-old female companion, who remains in a coma.
Police said Staviski's blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.
Staviski and Albena Denkova won their second consecutive ice dancing title at the World Figure Skating Championships in March in Tokyo.