Man charged in fatal scooter crash
A Hibbing man is being charged with criminal vehicular homicide for a September crash in Itasca County in which his pickup truck hit a motorized mobility scooter, killing its driver.By: Forum Communications, The Jamestown Sun
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — A Hibbing man is being charged with criminal vehicular homicide for a September crash in Itasca County in which his pickup truck hit a motorized mobility scooter, killing its driver.
A complaint charging Lyle Elmer White, 71, with two felony counts of criminal vehicular homicide was filed in State District Court in Itasca County on Monday. White is scheduled to make his first court appearance Wednesday.
Law enforcement authorities were notified of a fatal motor-vehicle crash on Itasca County Road 29 near U.S. Forest Service Road 3342 shortly after noon on Sept. 29. The first deputy on the scene found White, his pickup in the eastbound lane, parts of the motor scooter scattered along the road, and the body of its operator — Eugene Paul Zeroth, 78, of Princeton, Minn. — on the road.
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