Driver Charged With Treat Williams’ Death Called Actor His ‘Friend’

Ryan Koss revealed he was “associates” with Treat Williams earlier than their street collision resulted in Williams’ death.

The Vermont State Police introduced on Tuesday, August 1, that Koss has been charged with grossly negligent operation with demise ensuing. In keeping with the VSP, Koss was driving a Honda Aspect SUV that changed into the trail of Williams’ bike on June 12. The Everwood alum was taken to Albany Medical Heart in Albany, New York, for vital accidents, the place he later died. His official explanation for demise was extreme trauma and blood loss. Williams was 71.

Koss launched an announcement on Friday, August 4, days after he voluntarily met with officers to be processed and charged. Koss is “assured the info will present I obeyed all related visitors legal guidelines, and the State’s prices are unwarranted,” he stated through his legal professional Ian Carleton of Sheehey Furlong & Behm.

Koss is the managing artistic director of Dorset Theatre Competition, in accordance with Manchester Journal, which Williams participated in a number of occasions.

“I’m devastated by Mr. Williams’s tragic passing,” Koss stated in his assertion. “I’ve recognized Deal with for years, each as a member of this tight-knit neighborhood and fellow theater maker. I thought-about him a buddy. I do know his household feels his sudden loss much more deeply than I do, and I supply my sincerest condolences to them.”

Williams is survived by his spouse of 35 years, Pam Van Sant, and their youngsters Gill Williams, 31, and Elinor “Ellie” Williams, 25. The Hair star’s daughter shared a tribute to her father through social media the day after his demise.

“This can be a ache I’ve by no means felt. I’m completely shattered,” Ellie, 25, wrote through her Instagram Story on Tuesday, June 13, sharing a throwback picture of Deal with and a second snap of a jacket together with his title embroidered on it. “Thanks to everybody who has despatched messages and saved our household in your hearts throughout this horrible heartbreak.”

The actor’s demise was confirmed by his rep hours earlier. “He was killed this afternoon. He was making a left or a proper [and] a automobile minimize him off,” Deal with’s rep, Barry McPherson, advised Us Weekly in an announcement on the time. “I’m simply devastated. He was the nicest man. He was so gifted.”

Following his passing, Williams’ household and associates mourned him at an intimate memorial service on June 19 in Vermont, the place he resided for a few years.