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Brad Petrishen Telegram & Gazette WORCESTER — A Bellingham man was sentenced to 6 to 9 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty in Worcester Superior Court to committing manslaughter while drunk in a 2018 crash that killed a popular motorcyclist from Blackstone. Lucas C. Cook, of 35 Yvonne Road, Bellingham, received the sentence after family members of the man who died in the crash, Casey W. Calkins, read emotional victim impact statements. “While all lives have value, Casey’s life, by all accounts, had more than most,” the assistant district attorney prosecuting the case, Anthony H. Melia, said after the statements had been read. Calkins, a lifelong Blackstone resident, died 17 days after Cook struck his motorcycle with his Saturn Vue at around 6:30 p.m. Oct. 20, 2018, near 172 Providence St. in Mendon.