Idiot of the Week: Drunk Man Driving Over 100 mph in Neighborhood Crashes, Killing Passenger

This week's idiot is a drunk 25 year old man driving a BMW SUV at 103 miles per hour in a residential neighborhood in Maine. Of course he lost control and crashed. He killed his passenger. How does a 25 year old afford a BMW SUV, and even drunk, how do you drive 103 mph in a neighborhood?  

(Image: Blaze Small, Lewiston crash into home SOURCE: WMTW)

Driver sentenced after crashing into a Lewiston, Maine, home, killing one person  

 WMTW logoUpdated: 2:32 PM EDT Apr 23, 2026 Adam Bartow, Executive Producer 

LEWISTON, Maine — A Lewiston man will spend five and a half years in prison after crashing into a home in Lewiston last year, killing a passenger in his car and injuring two others.

Blaze Small, who was 25 at the time, lost control of his BMW SUV on May 21, 2025 and crashed into a home on Webster Road, causing extensive damage to the home. Investigators say he was going 103 miles per hour in an area with a posted speed limit of 35 mph.

Several people were trapped inside the vehicle and needed to be removed by first responders. A front-seat passenger, Natasha Thoits, 28, of Lewiston, was pronounced dead at the scene after she was removed from the vehicle.

Small was arrested on an arrest warrant as part of a crime suppression enforcement detail on July 3, 2025 and charged with manslaughter.

Small was convicted of manslaughter, aggravated operating under the influence resulting in death, aggravated OUI causing serious bodily injury, aggravated driving to endanger, criminal speed, and reckless conduct.

He was sentenced on Tuesday to 21 years in prison, with all but five and a half years suspended. When he gets out, he will be on probation for four years.