WMUR9.com: Bail Reduced For Man Charged With Hitting Bicyclists - National Guard Member Ordered To Not Drive, Stay Away From Guns

A man charged with driving drunk and crashing into two bicyclists asked a judge Friday to reduce his bail. Adam Lamothe, 24, was charged with felony driving while intoxicated in connection with an Aug. 17 crash. Surveillance video shows a car hitting another vehicle and then running into two bicycle riders, seriously injuring one of them. Bail was originally set at $100,000, but defense attorney Chris Carter said that Lamothe has no previous history and is a member of the Massachusetts National Guard.

“He’s returning to an extremely structured, regimented environment,” Carter said. “He’s not going back out on the street.” One of the bicyclists was treated and released, but the other one, Adam Boyer, remains hospitalized in serious condition.

Prosecutor Scott Murray said that Lamothe is a danger to the public who left the scene of a previous accident earlier in the evening. “Having not stopped at that accident, he then proceeded on and was engaged in the accident which ultimately injured the man who is in Concord Hospital and another man, as well, for that matter, less seriously,” Murray said.

But Carter said Lamothe tried to help after the bicyclists were struck. “Immediately after this incident, Mr. Lamothe was the first person to attempt to give CPR to Adam Boyer,” Carter said. “He did not run away.” The judge ordered bail reduced to $25,000.

As a condition of his release, Lamothe must have his National Guard commanding officer write a weekly letter to police saying that he is staying away from alcohol. Lamothe was also ordered to not drive, and he must have no contact with firearms or ammunition.