A judge believes there is enough evidence
against a Nebraska man to try him for the deaths of two North
Carolina teens in a boating crash.
The case against 40-year-old Brian Packer, of Wood River, will move
forward to Sherman County District Court.
Officials who testified at Thursday’s hearing say Packer drank
about eight beers on the day of the crash and had a blood-alcohol
level above the legal limit.
Packer’s attorney, Ron Temple, says prosecutors haven’t proved
Packer caused the accident.
Authorities say Packer was operating a pontoon boat that hit two
stepbrothers on a tube on July 3 at Sherman Reservoir.
Twelve-year-old Joshua Rowley and 19-year-old Matthew McAlexander
died. They were from Kernersville, N.C., and were visiting family
in Nebraska.
