Updated
Updated · WOWT · Jul 16
Tanner Hunt Faces 3 New Misdemeanor Charges in Crash That Killed 2 Omaha Brothers
Updated
Updated · WOWT · Jul 16

Tanner Hunt Faces 3 New Misdemeanor Charges in Crash That Killed 2 Omaha Brothers

3 articles · Updated · WOWT · Jul 16

Summary

  • $25,000 bond was set in a second criminal case filed Tuesday against Tanner Hunt, adding misdemeanor counts of no proof of insurance, driving with a revoked license and refusing a blood, breath or urine test.
  • Hunt, 28, is already jailed on $10 million bond on felony charges of motor vehicle homicide and DUI causing serious bodily injury after last Thursday's Omaha crash.
  • Police say Hunt struck a car carrying two children and two adults near 114th Street and West Center Road, and investigators believe he was intoxicated when he was driving.
  • Zaiden Strassenburg, 5, died Wednesday and Prestin Strassenburg, 10, died Friday; prosecutors have said they expect to upgrade Hunt's felony charges, though no new filing has appeared.

Insights

How will prosecutors prove impairment from both alcohol and Adderall to secure a conviction in this case?
How did the justice system fail to stop a driver with a pending DUI from causing this fatal crash?