A Dewey man pleads guilty to manslaughter in Washington County Court.

Skyler Oliver plead guilty to two counts of felony first degree manslaughter charges and furnishing alcoholic beverages to a minor. He will serve a year in the Washington County Jail with the seven remaining years to be suspended. Oliver is charged in the July 2023 death of two minors.

He originally told deputies a deer jumped out in front of the vehicle and he had to swerve to miss it. Investigators discovered that Oliver was driving 70mph and the posted speed limit was 55mph, which was a primary cause for the vehicle to roll multiple times and strike two pipe fences. An affidavit states a nearly empty alcoholic beverage was found near the scene of the crash, but a toxicology report conducted three hours later didn't find alcohol in Oliver's blood. A warrant was issued for his arrest in May 2024.