A truck driver has been convicted of failing to report a crash on Interstate 90 in south-central Montana where an 81-year-old Alaska man was killed.
Officials in Sweet Grass County say 45-year-old David Welk was convicted Wednesday. District Judge Katherine Bidegaray ordered a presentence investigation and did not set a sentencing date.
Elgie Bedford of Wasilla, Alaska, died early on Sept. 30, 2013. Investigators believe several vehicles ran over his body before officers discovered it at about 7:30 a.m.
Welk was arrested in Iowa on Jan. 23 after his co-driver reported that the truck hit something in Montana.
Defense attorneys argued investigators couldn’t determine how many time Bedford was struck.
A Washington state woman who drove through the area is charged with leaving the scene and tampering with evidence. Her trial is set for November.
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