Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Dump Truck Driver Pleads No Contest DUI Facebook Distraction Kills MN Mustang Driver

Dump Truck Driver Pleads No Contest DUI Facebook Distraction Kills MN Mustang Driver ---
tags: Texting Distracted, rear-end, truck incident, no contest, Minnesota, Wisconsin, traffic incident

Dump Truck Driver Pleads No Contest DUI Facebook Distraction Kills MN Mustang Driver Francis Rychtik Sr., 36 was convicted of homicide, pleading no contest after his dump truck hauling sand rear-ended and killed the driver of a Mustang convertible. He admitted (or gave a cover story that authorities accepted) that he had alcohol in his system and was checking Facebook before the fatal interstate 90 crash has been convicted of homicide in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He was charged with  homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, in an agreement with prosecutors. His truck set off a chain reaction crash involving three other vehicles and a semi. The dump truck landed on top of the convertible and both vehicles caught fire. The 29-year-old driver of the Mustang, Jason Songer of La Crescent, Minnesota, was killed.

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Dump truck driver accused of causing fatal drunken crash ... WTAQOct 9, 2014 - Dump truck driver accused of causing fatal drunken crash has bond set ... Drunk Driving Graphic (Photo Copyright Midwest Communications, Inc.) ... driver accused of causing a chain reaction crash that killed a man near La Crosse. ... La Crosse County prosecutors said Rychtik had a blood alcohol level of ...

Dump truck driver stands mute in fatal interstate crash - La .. La Crosse TribuneNov 7, 2014 - A dump truck driver charged in a fatal crash on Interstate 90 stood mute ... November 07, 2014 1:14 pm  Francis Rychtik Sr., 36, is charged with seven felonies in the July 24 death of ... 2014 12:38 pm: Why does he have a CDL with a DWI on his record?

Truck driver in fatal I-90 crash charged with homicide | La ... Oct 7, 2014 - The driver of the dump truck that rear-ended a vehicle and killed a ...dump truck Rychtik was driving on I-90 near mile marker 2 near La Crosse ...

Drunken Truck Driver Pleads in Minnesota Man's Death ... 5 hours ago - Ramsey, MN- An intoxicated dump truck driver pleaded guilty to homicide in connection to fatal July 2014 accident that left a Minnesota man dead. ... The Lacrosse Tribune reports that Francis Rychtik Sr., 36, pleaded no contest ... is at stake for a truck driver to be charged with, much less, convicted of a DUI, ...

Truck driver reaches plea deal in fatal I-90 crash in La Crosse WISC‑TV9 hours ago - A dump truck driver charged with homicide after a deadly interstate crash... Francis Rychtik ... Man killed in I-90 crash near La Crosse identified.

UPDATE: Plea agreement made in fatal dump truck crash WMTV May 5, 2015 (AP) -- A dump truck driver who had alcohol in his system and admitted checking Facebook before a fatal interstate crash has been convicted of homicide in La Crosse ... Thirty-six-year-old Francis Rychtik Sr., has pleaded no contest to  Thirty-six-year-old Francis Rychtik Sr., has pleaded no contest to charges, including homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, in an agreement with prosecutors. The Arpin man was hauling sand for B&R Excavating last July when he hit the back of a Mustang convertible on Interstate 90, setting off a chain reaction crash involving three other vehicles and a semi.

The dump truck landed on top of the convertible and both vehicles caught fire. The 29-year-old driver of the Mustang, Jason Songer of La Crescent, Minnesota, was killed.

Judge denies bond reduction for man charged in fatal I-90  WXOWJan 7, 2015 - Bond remains at $100000 for the dump truck driver charged with drunk driving in a fatal car crash on Interstate 90 last summer. ... The scene of the July 24crash that killed Jason Songer of La Crescent. La Crosse, WI (WXOW) - ... 36-year-old Francis Rychtik of Arpin, WI is charged with seven felonies ...

Man arrested for causing fatal chain reaction crash near La WSAUOct 8, 2014 - LA CROSSE, WI (WTAQ) - A 36-year-old central Wisconsin man is due ... drunk while causing a six-vehicle crash near La Crosse that killed . ... The State Patrol arrested him Tuesday, when he was booked for homicide by drunk driving. Authorities said the man's dump truck was going at 55 miles an hour in ...

Dump truck driver charged in fatal crash - Fox 28: South ... WSJVOct 8, 2014 - Francis Rychtik appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon ... In the crash, witnesses and the Wisconsin State Patrol said the dump truck Rychtik was ... Songer died in the crash. ... The man charged with drunk driving in a fatal car crash on Interstate 90 last summer is going to trial.

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