Driver in deadly crash will not face felony charges - Marion Star
The driver of a car thought to have caused a crash in which three Marion residents died July 14 will not face felony charges, Marion County Prosecutor Brent Yager said Tuesday. Officials said Larry F. Dennison Jr. , 43, was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs when the 2003 Ford Focus he was driving south on Delaware Avenue slammed into a 1994 Buick LeSabre. The occupants of the Buick — Johanna M. Sisson, 45. Edwin Sisson, 50. and Amanda Sisson, 27, all of Marion — died in the fiery crash at 3:25 p. m. on Delaware Avenue just north of Executive Drive. Yager said a jury would have to believe Dennison was under the influence to convict him of a second-degree felony charge of aggravated vehicular homicide. He said he provided a file of the case to Marion City Law Director Mark Russell, who said: “It’s reasonably expected there will be filing of misdemeanor charges once we receive the files from the felony prosecutor. He said the charges he is considering are vehicular homicide, a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine, and vehicular manslaughter, a second-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail and a $750... Yager said he spoke with one of Dennison’s physicians, who confirmed he’d cleared Dennison to drive, adding that Dennison was using a vagus nerve stimulator to. Source: www.marionstar.com
