Bulechek vehicular homicide trial pushed back - Iowa City Press Citizen
Bulechek had been scheduled for a pre-trial conference Friday and a jury trial June 9 in Johnson County District Court. Bulechek, however, has waived his right to a speedy trial and petitioned for a continuance in the case, with his lawyer, J. Dean Keegan, stating that discovery was ongoing. A new trial date had yet to be set as of Friday morning. Authorities charged Bulechek in December — a year after the fatal accident south of Iowa City — with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and serious injury by vehicle. 1, 2013, Bulechek allegedly drove through a stop sign in his Ford F150 while traveling east on 520th Street S. W. at its intersection with Highway 1. Bulechek collided with a four-door Saturn occupied by three teenage cousins. Driver Teresa Miller, then 17 and of Wellman, and Brooke Miller, then 16 and of Fay, Okla. The families of the teens have filed a civil suit against Bulechek and a bar, KTZ Roadhouse, where the suit alleges Bulechek was drinking the night of the wreck. Source: www.press-citizen.com
