CBS 3: Man To Stand Trial In Fatal Buggy Accident
CBS 3: Man To Stand Trial In Fatal Buggy Accident: "Man To Stand Trial In Fatal Buggy Accident
Apr 9, 2005 9:31 am US/Eastern
WEST CHESTER, PA (AP) A man will stand trial in Chester County Court in connection with a fatal hit-and-run involving an Amish buggy.
Kent Matthew Breiner, 29, of Honey Brook, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday in front of Honey Brook District Judge Michael J. Cabry III.
Breiner, who was driving a 1999 Ford pickup owned by his employer, struck the back of a horse-drawn carriage around 9:30 p.m. Jan. 20 on Route 10 in Honey Brook, police said. The buggy was forced into a post and wire fence, killing its driver Jacob Stoltzfus Smucker, 20. The injured horse was euthanized.
Breiner faces multiple charges, including driving with a suspended license and leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Deputy District Attorney Stephen J. Kelly withdrew a misdemeanor charge of homicide by vehicle.
Breiner�s attorney, Joseph P. Green Jr., told Cabry that his client had an occupational limited license, which permits work-related driving.
After the court proceeding, William Littleton Jr., a landscaping business owner who had employed Breiner for about eight months as a mason, said Breiner had no reason to be driving the truck when the collision occurred."
Apr 9, 2005 9:31 am US/Eastern
WEST CHESTER, PA (AP) A man will stand trial in Chester County Court in connection with a fatal hit-and-run involving an Amish buggy.
Kent Matthew Breiner, 29, of Honey Brook, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday in front of Honey Brook District Judge Michael J. Cabry III.
Breiner, who was driving a 1999 Ford pickup owned by his employer, struck the back of a horse-drawn carriage around 9:30 p.m. Jan. 20 on Route 10 in Honey Brook, police said. The buggy was forced into a post and wire fence, killing its driver Jacob Stoltzfus Smucker, 20. The injured horse was euthanized.
Breiner faces multiple charges, including driving with a suspended license and leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Deputy District Attorney Stephen J. Kelly withdrew a misdemeanor charge of homicide by vehicle.
Breiner�s attorney, Joseph P. Green Jr., told Cabry that his client had an occupational limited license, which permits work-related driving.
After the court proceeding, William Littleton Jr., a landscaping business owner who had employed Breiner for about eight months as a mason, said Breiner had no reason to be driving the truck when the collision occurred."
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