Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 26-year-old Allyson Rollek of the Town of Collins has been sentenced by Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case to an indeterminate sentence of 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison.

On September 29, 2018, at approximately 2:18 p.m., the defendant was driving westbound on Creek Road in the Town of Concord when she crossed over the double yellow line into the eastbound lane and collided head-on with another vehicle. The crash killed the driver of the other vehicle, 66-year-old Ralph Spaulding of Java Center, and injured his 11-year-old passenger. 

The Erie County Sheriff’s Office deputies who spoke with the defendant at the scene reported that her manner of speech and demeanor was consistent with narcotic use. Laboratory tests were conducted, which detected the presence of fentanyl in the defendant’s blood.

Rollek pleaded guilty to one count of Vehicular Manslaughter in the Second Degree, a Class “D” felony. The defendant pleaded guilty to the highest possible charge on June 7, 2019.

DA Flynn commends the Erie County Sheriff’s Office Accident Investigation Unit for their work in the investigation.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Christopher M. McCarthy of the DA’s Vehicular Crimes Bureau.