Hart v. State

FACTS

Shortly before four o’clock on the afternoon of June 12, 1974, David Weidner, age sixteen, was killed while riding his bicycle in the town of Sullivan, Jefferson county, when he was struck by an automobile driven by the defendant Richard C. Hart. Prior to the accident both the defendant and the victim were proceeding west on Highway 18, the victim riding his bicycle along the right-hand edge of the roadway. Just before the impact, the Weidner boy turned left, apparently intending to enter Highland Drive. He was struck by the defendant’s vehicle, which was just in the process of…