A Commerce Township man charged for a traffic crash that killed a motorcyclist has pleaded no contest to the crime.

On Oct. 16, Khim Lal Ghimire, 59, pleaded to a misdemeanor charge of moving violation causing death for the June crash that resulted in the death of Joshua Steven Moomaw of Commerce Township.

Moomaw, 40, was on a 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle on Wixom Road, waiting to turn left onto Stratford Villa Way at the Stratford Villa mobile home community entrance, when he was hit from behind by a 2019 Toyota Sienna driven by Ghimire, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.

Moomaw wasn’t wearing a helmet; he died from his injuries eight days later, the sheriff’s office said.

Moomaw’s 41-year-old wife, a passenger on the motorcycle, was injured but survived. She wasn’t wearing a helmet either, the sheriff’s office said.

Ghimire wasn’t injured, the sheriff’s office said, and neither drugs nor alcohol were found to be factors in the crash as investigated by the Oakland County Sheriff’s crash reconstruction unit.

Ghimire is scheduled for sentencing Nov. 6 by 52-1 Judge Robert Bondy. He faces up to a year in jail and or a $2,000 fine.

A no contest plea isn’t an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing purposes. It can also offer some protection in civil cases.