Anthony Pingel, 32, a Hastings resident, appears to have been arrested after the two-vehicle crash which took the life of a Superior High School student, Victoria Fleming, 16. Donna Fegler-Dais, the Adams County attorney, has told a reporter that Pingel was arrested after the crash and had bonded out before he could be taken to court. He is now scheduled to appear in court on Thursday, Jan. 6.
As of Monday he had not been charged.
The county attorney said investigators used dental records to identify Fleming. Simlar records for the driver of the car she was riding in were inconclusive. As of Monday investigators had not positively identified the other victim.
However he has been identified in a funeral home announcement as Tristen Owens, 18, also of Hastings.
The accident occurred at the intersection of 12th Street and Blaine Avenue, about a half-mile east of the Hastings city limits in the early hours of Dec. 12. Reports indicated vehicle which Pingel may have been driving failed to yield and struck the vehicle which is thought to have been occupied by Fleming and Owens.
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