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Tahoe City resident Kelley Smith, 25, has been arrested on drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter charges in a crash on Lake Tahoe’s north shore that killed his passenger over the weekend. Smith was being held in the Placer County jail Monday on $250,000 bail after he allegedly collided with a power pole at high speed early Saturday on Highway 28 in Carnelian Bay. The victim was identified as Daniel Koenig, 24, of Tahoe City. He was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the Subaru Outback when it crashed into several trees and the pole about 2:20 a.m.