Driver in 2023 Crash Near Boardman Faces Manslaughter, Other Charges

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The Morrow County District Attorney’s Office has charged a man with criminally negligent homicide and more related to a November 2023 crash near Boardman that killed a Hermiston man.

Miron Kosovan, 24, faces charges of criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter for the death of Alexander James Pace, according to state court records.

A grand jury on June 4 indicted Kosovan on counts of homicide and manslaughter, as well as one count of reckless driving, three counts of misdemeanor fourth-degree assault for injuring other people in the crash and one count of third-degree assault, a felony, for causing serious physical injury to one of the victims by means of an automobile, a dangerous weapon.

The district attorney’s office on Thursday, June 27, arraigned Kosovan on the seven counts.

Kosovan the morning of Nov. 28, 2023, was driving a Dodge Ram 1500 westbound in the fast lane on Interstate 84 near milepost 168 and failed to slow for traffic and struck the rear end of a Kia Sorrento as it prepared to merge into the slow lane, according to Oregon State Police.

Pace, 36, of Hermiston, was a passenger in the Kia and died at the scene.

Two other adults in the Kia suffered minor injuries, according to OSP, and a third suffered critical injuries.

Kosovan on June 27 signed a release agreement and cannot leave Oregon without a waiver of extradition unless for criminal/civil matters through and with his attorney.

Court records also show he has a plea hearing Aug. 22.

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  1. aj pace was my best friend. it has been a black hole that hes gone. aj was the best brother i couldve had. he was funny and had a stand up no bullshit tolerance, but he was very sincere to people who were just not out to do harm.
    if you read this miron. i know you didnt do it on purpose and if you could take it back you would. Youre forgiven, im sure aj would forgive you too. Maybe since you have a family and so did aj, you will learn from your lessons and get a reduced sentence so you can go back to your kid. Aj and I were the type of people who laughed about bad luck and kept on truckin. Ive been in a car accident before with someone injured and i can tell ya youll never drive the same again. Aj probably wouldnt have wanted to see 2 families suffer cause he was that cool. I know it hurts me to see it. nothing can be done about it now.

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