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Posted: 4:58 PM Mar 9, 2010
Charge Filed in Crash that Killed Nebraska Deputy
Columbus, Neb. A semi driver has been charged with misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide in connection with a crash that killed a Platte County sheriff's depputy last August.
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A semi driver has been charged with misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide in connection with a crash that killed a Platte County sheriff's depputy last August.
A special prosecutor filed the charge against Gene Schlake of Beatrice this week.
The Nebraska State Patrol has said Christopher Johnson was en route to a crash on state Highway 91 last August when his vehicle collided with the oncoming semitrailer truck, which was making a left turn.
Johnson, of Columbus, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Schlake's attorney, Erin Duggan Pemberton, says Schlake maintains that there was no oncoming traffic when he began to turn, and the deputy crested the hill after he was already turning.
Schlake is scheduled to appear in court on March 24.
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Posted by: No!
on Mar 10, 2010 at 09:56 AM
This was a sad story from the beginning, but why ruin another individuals life any further. Those that have seen the intersection know that he was turning before the officer crested the hill. IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
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