Ex-Cop Accused Of Killing Woman In DWI Crash Still Pending Trial

AMHERST, NH — Tyler Berry is accused of killing Sierra Croteau of Milford in an April 2019 crash in Amherst.

The head-on crash on Rte 101A involved a sedan and Tyler Berry's pickup truck. Berry is accused of driving under the influence and crossing into the lane that Croteau was traveling in.

Berry was a Londonderry Police Officer at the time of the crash and previously was employed in Bedford Police Department. He faces two counts each of manslaughter as well as negligent homicide, reckless conduct, and reckless conduct charges. He also faces one count of falsifying physical evidence and criminal mischief.

One of the indictments said, “Croteau’s death (was) through blunt impact of her body as a consequence of Berry being under the influence of intoxicating liquor.”

Berry remains out on bail as the criminal trial has been delayed several times due to the court due to COVID-19. The jury selection for a trial is scheduled to begin in September.

Court documents show Berry was named in a civil case filed in February 2020 which names him as a defendant as well as two businesses. According to court documents, the two businesses listed as defendants are East Coast Restaurant and Nightclubs, LLC and Pipe Dream Brewing, LLC.

East Coast Restaurant and Nightclubs, LLC is listed as the operator of Millennium Cabaret located on South River Road in Bedford. Pipe Dream Brewing, LLC has a brewery and taproom located on Harvey Road in Londonderry.

The civil case was filed by the family of Croteau. The plaintiffs are Debrah Whitney and Andrew Croteau, who are the biological parents along with the Estate of Sierra Croteau.

In the court filings alleged the two businesses served Berry on April 5, 2019, who was intoxicated, according to the court documents. It also stated the businesses did not take steps to prevent Berry from driving from their establishments.

1. Reasonable expenses occasioned to the estate by the injury;
2. The probable duration of the plaintiff’s decedent’s life but for the injury;
3. The money the plaintiff’s decedent would have earned through her
4. working life but for the injury;
5. Other damage to the plaintiff’s decedent as allowed by law, in the same
6. manner as if she had survived; and,
7. Any and all other damages allowed by New Hampshire law, and NH Rev Stat § 566:12, the Wrongful Death Statute.

The civil trial is currently scheduled to begin in January 2022.

©Jeffrey Hastings www.frameofmindphoto.com/news.