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Lundgren receives probation, jail time for 2012 accident

Cory Lundgren was sentenced to five years of intensive supervised probation as well as jail time earlier this week for his part in an accident on Oktoberfest weekend in 2012 that sent eight people to the hospital, including himself.

Lundgren was found guilty of attempted second degree assault, a class IV felony on Oct. 16, 2013 for his part in the incident.

Some of the stipulations of his probation require that he have no alcohol in his home or vehicle, that he never be in the presence of anyone in possession of alcohol, that he attend one Alcoholics Anonymous meeting per week over the course of the probationary period and that he does not enter any bars or liquor stores during probation. Lundgren’s blood alcohol level at the time of the crash was reportedly measured at .151.

Lundgren will also be required to complete 100 hours of community service and will have to write letters of apology to all those in the vehicle on the night of the incident. Lundgren was additionally given 111 waivable days in Cheyenne County jail, to be served in 10 day increments over the course of the next five years. He will also be required to spend the anniversary of the event in jail for the next five years. These days are not waivable.

He will be required to wear an ankle bracelet for the first 90 days of his probation.

Lundgren was traveling along a minimum maintenance road just south of Pennington field near Greenwood road at the wheel of a Sierra pickup truck on Oct. 7, 2012 when he veered across a ditch and struck an embankment.

The vehicle was ruled a total loss. None of the eight people in the truck were wearing seatbelts.

The six local passengers were Valarie Wright, Morgan Peterson, Ashley Wells, Isidor Alvarez, Quin Lund, and Matthew Wells. The seventh passenger was Tevin Cooper of Lincoln.

All those in the vehicle were taken to area hospitals following the wreck. Three were seriously injured. Ashley Wells suffered a broken jaw, missing teeth, a broken right arm and a broken bone in her foot. Valerie Wright fractured a hip in the crash and Tevin Cooper broke his left leg.

 

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