A Grass Valley woman who faced a possible second-degree murder charge, after a fatal ATV crash 4 months ago, is facing less legal consequences. Assistant Nevada County D-A Chris Walsh says they’re filing a gross vehicular manslaughter charge against 28-year-old Carlee D’Arata, after a lengthy investigation. Walsh says the law allows drivers who have prior DUI convictions to be charged with murder if an incident ends up with someone being killed…

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Walsh says no malice was found and that the death was more due to gross negligence. He says the filing decision took an unusually long amount of time. But there were a number of reasons, including the complexity of the investigation and how long it took to get toxicology results from the state department of justice lab…

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The Sheriff’s Department says D’Arata was having a party at her home and was highly intoxicated when she decided to drive the ATV, which ejected the victim, 31-year-old Antonettte Thevenin, who died later at the hospital. D’Arata and two other passengers had minor injuries.