Guatemalan man pleads guilty in federal court in crash that killed over 50 in Mexico
NPR →Ramos was among six Guatemalans charged over the crash of the semitrailer truck and the first to be convicted. The other five have a final pretrial conference on June 3, according to court records.
Adams Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Labor Day Highway Tragedy
William Adams of Browning, who was found guilty in the district court at Cut Bank last week on a manslaughter charge, is out under $9,900 bond. It was understood that his attorney, John W. Coburn, will appeal the case. He was sentenced by Judge R. M. Hattersley to five years at hard labor at Deer Lodge. The manslaughter charge grew out of a highway tragedy west of Cut Bank last Labor Day in which Adams allegedly was the driver of a car, which collided with another car, claiming the life of Vernon Dixon, glass shop operator of Cut Bank. The latter with his family were returning home from Glacier National Park, where they had enjoyed the holiday. Adams and Fred Lewis (Shoecat), owner of the car, which caused the collision, were on their way to Browning. Both allegedly were under the influence of liquor.
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