S.D. congressman charged with manslaughter in crash Collision that killed motorcyclist may net up to 10 years in jail

FLANDREAU, S.D.--Rep. Bill Janklow, a political powerhouse inSouth Dakota for 30 years, was charged with second-degreemanslaughter Friday in a fatal collision with a motorcyclist.

Janklow also faces charges of failure to stop, speeding andmisdemeanor reckless driving for the Aug. 16 crash that killed a 55-year-old farmer from Minnesota.

Authorities say Janklow was doing 71 mph when he ran a stop signin eastern South Dakota, killing Randolph E. Scott, who was returninghome from his former father-in-law's birthday party.

Janklow, who has a history of driving fast, told an investigatorhe saw the sign but was going too fast to stop.

The manslaughter charge, …