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Jury Trial Set for Nebraskan Accused of Vehicular Homicide

Michael Fiscus
Michael Fiscus

GERING, Neb. (AP) — A July trial has been scheduled for a 22-year-old Mitchell man accused in the crash death of a Gering man.

Online court records say Michael Fiscus pleaded not guilty last week to reckless vehicular homicide. Prosecutors say he caused 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 authorities say Fiscus didn’t halt at a stop sign as he drove west on a county road, and his vehicle struck a northbound vehicle driven by Dustin Beaudette, of Scottsbluff. Thompson was a passenger in Beaudette’s vehicle.

Court records say the trial is set to begin the week of July 6.

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