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Trempealeau County truck driver will go to trial in fatal Minnesota crash
A truck driver from Trempealeau County is scheduled to be tried in April for causing a fatal crash in Minnesota, killing a biology teacher.
Samuel Hicks of Independence has entered a “not guilty” plea to reckless homicide, in the February death of Robert Bursik of Amery, Wis.
A criminal complaint says Hicks was driving a semi 63 miles an hour when it hit Bursik’s car, which was stopped at a Lake Elmo intersection.
Hicks allegedly was looking at a cell phone shortly before the crash and did not try to brake.
Hicks made the plea Wednesday in a Stillwater, Minn., courtroom. He has no traffic or criminal charges on record in Wisconsin.