(AP) — A Wyoming man charged with aggravated vehicular homicide in the deaths of two Nebraska teenagers has entered pleas in the case.
22-year-old Ethan Kaufman, of Cheyenne, entered no contest pleas Monday at Goshen County District Court in Wyoming. He also entered no contest pleas to charges of drunken driving causing serious bodily injury.
Kaufman faces two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide in the January deaths of Alexis Wheeler and Hallie Anderson, both of Scottsbluff.
Wheeler and Anderson were passengers in Kaufman’s pickup when it crashed on Wyoming Highway 92 near the Nebraska state line. Six people were in the vehicle.
Prosecutors say Kaufman was speeding, intoxicated and texting prior to the crash.