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A Kentucky doctor charged with manslaughter after a fatal car crash has agreed to surrender his license to practice medicine.

The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure announced the agreement with Dr. George Leroy Gallenstein III, of Maysville, on Thursday.

Gallenstein was indicted in Mason County in January on charges of second-degree manslaughter and second-degree assault stemming from a June 2023 wreck in which Brian Jett, 36, died.

Gallenstein was allegedly driving impaired when the collision happened. Records at the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, where Gallenstein was flown for treatment after the wreck, noted his blood-alcohol level was .194% , according to the order from the licensure board.

That is more than twice the level at which someone is presumed to be drunk under Kentucky law.

The board said Gallenstein denied taking part in any illegal or unethical conduct generally, and specifically denied the allegations in the indictment.

But he agreed the board could place sanctions on his license based on the charges. Gallenstein, 60, graduated medical school at UK in 1993. His specialty is family medicine.