A 56-year-old dump truck driver has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the crash death of a Kearney woman last summer.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Lyle Carman made the plea Wednesday. His trial date has not been set.
Prosecutors say Carman was under the influence of meth on June 7 when his truck struck Raven Addy-Cruz’s car in Interstate 80 in Lincoln. The 23-year-old woman died two days later. Her husband, Edgar Cruz, suffered eight broken ribs. Their 13-month-old daughter, Hazel, was in a car seat and was not injured.