Dive summary:
- Former garbage truck driver Roger Crum received 4.5 years of probation under a plea bargain regarding an accident in 2010 that resulted in the death of a 19-year-old woman.
- Crum admitted to speeding and being under the influence of controlled substances, though the courts were not able to prove either of those factors, which made it impossible for them to convict him of recklessness without his confession.
- Crum was trying to rush to the landfill before the construction delay causing him to slide 81 feet into the car in front of him.
From the article:
The lead attorney prosecuting a Jeffersonville garbage truck driver who in 2010 killed a 19-year-old Borden woman said Wednesday the driver likely would have been acquitted if a plea deal had not been reached.
Roger Crum Jr., 47, received 4½ years probation under the plea bargain for three felony counts and one misdemeanor count of criminal recklessness, admitting that he was under the influence of a controlled substance and was speeding at the time he hit Bethany Burrier. ...
