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A truck driver has pleaded no contest to charges he
caused a fatal accident while driving drunk.
Dorsie Eugene Blosser, 41 of
Stout's Mills was scheduled to stand trial
Tuesday, August 21, before Monongalia County Circuit
Court Judge Russell M. Clawges, Jr.
Instead, he pleaded no contest to driving under
the influence causing death and
third or subsequent offense DUI.
A no contest plea means Blosser does not admit
guilt, but he concedes the state could have
enough evidence to prove the charges.
Prosecutors say the Gilmer County man was
drunk when his 40-ton well-servicing truck, owned by Key Energy
flipped and crushed a sport utility vehicle on
October 11, 2000 on US 119 at Morgantown.
The SUV's driver, Brenda Sue
Garden, 31 of Morgantown, was killed.
A state investigation found that Blosser's truck
was 9900 pounds overweight and had
bad brakes.
A sentencing date has not been set.
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