A FORMER SIOUX CITY TRANSIT BUS DRIVER WHO WAS CHARGED FOR HER ROLE IN AN ACCIDENT LAST NOVEMBER 15TH THAT CRITICALLY INJURED A HINTON MAN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF ONE COUNT OF FAILURE TO OBEY A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE.
39 YEAR OLD JAMIE PICA WILL PAY A $100 FINE PLUS COURT COSTS.
A CHARGE OF FAILURE TO USE A SAFETY BELT WAS DISMISSED.
AN INVESTIGATION BY THE IOWA STATE PATROL DETERMINED THAT PICA’S NORTHBOUND TRANSIT BUS TURNED LEFT INTO THE PATH OF THE ONCOMING SOUTHBOUND S-U-V DRIVEN BY CHAD PLANTE AT HIGHWAY 75 AND OUTER BELT DRIVE.
PLANTE SUSTAINED CRITICAL INJURIES AND HAS BEEN UNDERGOING REHABILITATION TREATMENT AT A LINCOLN, NEBRASKA HOSPITAL SINCE THAT TIME.
IN JANUARY, THE CITY AGREED TO PAY PLANTE’S MEDICAL EXPENSES NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE, A HALF YEAR OF LOST WAGES AND SOME OTHER TRAVEL AND LODGING EXPENSES.
