BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A 32-year-old man has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident that left his roommate with some permanent mental and physical disabilities.
The Billings Gazette reports (https://bit.ly/2mRGd6i ) Jerrad Mangus also was charged with negligent vehicular assault for the May 2014 crash. Court records say his roommate was found unconscious, buckled in a Jeep that landed upside down in the middle of the highway west of Laurel. He did not enter a plea.
Court records say his roommate was initially in a coma and had to be placed on a ventilator. He spent about a month in the hospital.
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Prosecutors say Mangus told investigators he did not remember the crash.
Justice of the Peace David Carter set Mangus’ bail at $25,000 during a hearing Monday.
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