Driver pleads guilty in fatal Mishawaka accident

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Derek Dygulski pleads guilty in accident that killed Carol Ragsdale

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Sep 16, 2008 at 11:49 AM EST

Story Updated: Sep 16, 2008 at 12:18 PM EST

SOUTH BEND — A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felony charges stemming from the Aug. 16 accident that killed Carol Ragsdale and seriously injured her husband, Kenneth Ragsdale.

Derek A. Dygulski admitted to charges of driving while intoxicated resulting in death, a Class C felony, and DUI causing serious bodily injury, a Class D felony.

Sentencing is set for Nov. 5 in St. Joseph Superior Court.

The crash occurred about 7 a.m. Aug. 16 as the Ragsdales, both 60 and of the 1300 block of Providence Court, Mishawaka, were headed to a antique car show in their 1960 Corvair.

Police said Dygulski apparently was headed west on the eastbound side of Lincoln Way East in Mishawaka and drove into oncoming traffic. His vehicle crashed head-on into the Ragsdale car.

The couple were not wearing seatbelts because the Corvair did not have them. Dygulski suffered minor injuries in the crash, police said.

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