45-year-old Visalia man sentenced for killing motorcyclist in DUI crash

Wednesday, January 25, 2023
A 45-year-old Visalia man has been sentenced for killing a motorcyclist in a 2020 DUI crash.

On Tuesday, the Tulare County Superior Court sentenced Bryan Buhl to 19 years in state prison for a DUI crash that took the life of 55-year-old motorcyclist John Bolin.
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In July 2020, at around 10:30 pm, Buhl was in a car traveling westbound on Caldwell Avenue when he failed to stop for a red light at West Street.

When Buhl attempted a U-turn, he turned into the path of Bolin. Bolin was taken to hospital where he later died.

Buhl had a blood alcohol concentration level of .23 percent at the time of the crash.
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He has prior DUI convictions from 1997, 2014 and 2019.

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