MITCHELL, Neb. (AP) — A Mitchell man faces charges of motor vehicle homicide for the death of a Gering man.

21-year-old Michael Fiscus is accused of causing the death of 36-year-old Seth Thompson, of Gering.

Thompson died in September at a Colorado care center where he had been hospitalized for nine months after being injured in the Dec. 20, 2013, accident.

Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s deputies say Fiscus failed to heed a stop sign as he traveled westbound on a county road. His vehicle struck a northbound vehicle driven by Dustin Beaudette, of Scottsbluff. Thompson was a passenger in Beaudette’s vehicle.

Fiscus had been fined $25 in July on a charge of failing to yield the right of way. He had also been sentenced on a weapons charge.