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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A jury took only about 30 minutes of deliberation to convict an Albuquerque man who admitted being high on LSD when he caused a high-speed, three-vehicle wreck in December 2016 that left Michael Nwora dead.

Robert Bosanko was convicted Thursday of vehicular homicide DWI, reckless vehicular homicide and DWI for driving 91 mph in a 45-mph zone at Coors and Montaño, the District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.

Bosanko faces 15 years in prison at sentencing, which has yet to be set.

The wreck occurred on a Sunday in early December 2016 when Bosanko was driving north on Coors “at a very high rate of speed” approaching a red light at Montaño, according to police. He then tried to drive his car between two other vehicles stopped at the light, crashing into both of them and causing Bosanko’s car to spin out of control, according to a criminal complaint. Nwora, the driver of one of the stopped vehicles, was killed.

Bosanko fled the scene on foot, but police apprehended him nearby. He was wearing only a T-shirt and underwear.

He told police he had taken LSD, and when an officer asked whether he was having a “good trip or bad trip,” Bosanko replied he felt “free like a birdy,” according to court records.

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Police noted at the time that Bosanko was “making very odd statements” and “walking around on all fours like an animal.”

He was taken to a local hospital, where he removed his IVs. Medical staff had to strap him to his bed, which the officer said prevented him from conducting sobriety tests.

“Robert would be laying on the bed and would laugh for no reason then cry,” the officer wrote in the criminal complaint at the time. He added that Bosanko was difficult to understand and at times incoherent.