Trial Begins for Teen Charged In DWI Deaths
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Jury selection was under way this morning in Kosciusko Superior Court III for the trial of Brandon Robinson of Warsaw, who is accused of eight criminal counts in connection with a fatal traffic accident earlier this year.
Robinson, 18, faces three counts each of driving while intoxicated causing death and reckless homicide, and two counts of driving while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury. He was the driver of a pickup which allegedly ran a stop sign June 12 at the intersection of Zimmer and Crystal Lake roads in Warsaw. Robinson's vehicle collided with a car driven by Aaron Hatfield, 17, Claypool.
Hatfield and passengers Heather Florey, 16, Mentone, and Tyler Bartley, 12, Claypool, all died from injuries suffered in the accident.
Tiffany Bartley, 13, Claypool, and 6-month-old Monica Hatfield, the child of Aaron Hatfield and Heather Florey, were injured in the accident.
According to police, Robinson admitted drinking several beers prior to the accident. Witnesses at the scene of the accident told police that Robinson was northbound on Zimmer Road when he failed to stop for the stop sign at the intersection of Crystal Lake Road. Hatfield, who was westbound on Crystal Lake Road and turning south onto Zimmer Road, was struck in the driver's side.
Hatfield and Tyler Bartley, a driver's side back-seat passenger, were pronounced dead at the scene. Florey, a front-seat passenger, died at Kosciusko Community Hospital.
Tiffany Bartley and Monica Hatfield, both back-seat passengers, were hospitalized for their injuries, which were severe enough to require they be airlifted to a Fort Wayne hospital.
Robinson suffered a minor injury in the accident and his three passengers reportedly were not injured. A blood test performed at KCH after the accident indicated that Robinson's blood-alcohol level was .099, one one-thousandth of a percent under the limit deemed to be legally drunk. [[In-content Ad]]
Jury selection was under way this morning in Kosciusko Superior Court III for the trial of Brandon Robinson of Warsaw, who is accused of eight criminal counts in connection with a fatal traffic accident earlier this year.
Robinson, 18, faces three counts each of driving while intoxicated causing death and reckless homicide, and two counts of driving while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury. He was the driver of a pickup which allegedly ran a stop sign June 12 at the intersection of Zimmer and Crystal Lake roads in Warsaw. Robinson's vehicle collided with a car driven by Aaron Hatfield, 17, Claypool.
Hatfield and passengers Heather Florey, 16, Mentone, and Tyler Bartley, 12, Claypool, all died from injuries suffered in the accident.
Tiffany Bartley, 13, Claypool, and 6-month-old Monica Hatfield, the child of Aaron Hatfield and Heather Florey, were injured in the accident.
According to police, Robinson admitted drinking several beers prior to the accident. Witnesses at the scene of the accident told police that Robinson was northbound on Zimmer Road when he failed to stop for the stop sign at the intersection of Crystal Lake Road. Hatfield, who was westbound on Crystal Lake Road and turning south onto Zimmer Road, was struck in the driver's side.
Hatfield and Tyler Bartley, a driver's side back-seat passenger, were pronounced dead at the scene. Florey, a front-seat passenger, died at Kosciusko Community Hospital.
Tiffany Bartley and Monica Hatfield, both back-seat passengers, were hospitalized for their injuries, which were severe enough to require they be airlifted to a Fort Wayne hospital.
Robinson suffered a minor injury in the accident and his three passengers reportedly were not injured. A blood test performed at KCH after the accident indicated that Robinson's blood-alcohol level was .099, one one-thousandth of a percent under the limit deemed to be legally drunk. [[In-content Ad]]