Oscar winner charged after fatal crash
Roger Avary, the Oscar-winning co-writer of 'Pulp Fiction', has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence later on a fatal gondola doss down northwest of Los Angeles.
Reuters reports that the go down occurred in the city of Ojai, 80 miles (130 km) northwest of Los Angeles, at around 1am on Sunday.
Thirty-four-year-old Andreas Zedini, a rider in Avary's railway car, died of his injuries at a local hospital, Captain Monica McGrath of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department said.
Avary's 40-year-old wife, Gretchen, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Captain McGrath said Avary was released from poky afterward posting $50,000 bail.
