A trial got underway on Monday in LaFayette, Ga., in the case in which a Roper plant employee is facing only a misdemeanor in the traffic death of the 2020 Lakeview Fort Oglethorpe High School valedictorian.
Eden Muina died when her tiny 1978 Volkswagen Beetle collided with a Ford F150 just south of LaFayette. She was on her way to Berry College, where she had won a scholarship for environmental studies.
John Maxwell of the Georgia SCRT said it was decided, after the accident reconstructors finished their probe, to charge the Ford truck driver with misdemeanor vehicular homicide in the second degree and failure to yield.
Sgt. Andy Gideon of the Georgia Patrol said the accident ... (click for more)