News Digest
Arraignment has been set for 8:30 a.m.
March 14 for a Blue Mound man charged in Harvey County District Court
with involuntary manslaughter while intoxicated in the Dec. 11 death
of a Whitewater teen-ager in a two-car accident near Whitewater.
Edward Lewis, an employee of Eby
Construction who maintains a temporary residence in Whitewater,
waived his preliminary hearing Tuesday in Harvey County District
Court.
Lewis is charged in the death of Karrie
McCormick, 17, of Whitewater. The complaint alleges Lewis' blood
alcohol level was above the statutory limit of .08 at the time his
1986 Jeep Cherokee crossed the center line on K-196 just west of
Whitewater, colliding head-on with a vehicle driven by McCormick. She
was pronounced dead at the scene.
The charge marks the second time Lewis
has stood trial for deaths stemming from a substance-related
accident. In 1986, two Richmond men died and a woman was rendered
incapacitated for life in an accident involving Lewis. He was
convicted of two counts of vehicular homicide in that case, serving
18 months in prison.
-- Bill Wilson
