Hancock, N.Y. — A grand jury has indicted an Upstate New York man involved in a crash that downed wires that electrocuted a volunteer firefighter this summer.

Prosecutors allege the driver was drunk, speeding and using his cell phone.

On Friday, Delaware County District Attorney Shawn J. Smith announced an eight-count indictment against Joseph Bellows Jr., 54, of Downsville, stemming from the July 17 crash on Route 30 in Hancock, according to a news release from State Police.

East Branch Assistant Fire Chief Jason McGlone, 51, went to the crash that night. When he stepped out of the fire truck, he was electrocuted by live wires from a utility pole that had been knocked down in the crash, troopers said.

He is charged with two misdemeanor counts of driving while intoxicated: one for op

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