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Boating accident
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1/5/2009 10:31:38 PM
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From the Outlook:
Grand jury to review accident
Criminal charges advance in August boat fatality
By Dale Liesch
Published: Monday, January 5, 2009 7:56 PM CST
The case of a boating accident in August that led to one fatality on Lake Martin will be presented to an Elmore County Grand Jury this week, according to officials with district attorney Randall V. Houston’s office and the Alabama Marine Police.
The grand jury will decide, later this week, whether or not to indict Patrick Leigh Cumbie, of Montgomery, on the charge of homicide by vessel, according to Jenny Hamilton, communications coordinator for Houston’s office.
Hamilton said additional information on the case could not be released until after the grand jury process was over.
“If a person is indicted, they have to be served that indictment before any additional information can be released,” Hamilton said.
The charge Cumbie is facing stems from a two-boat accident on Aug. 8, which led to the death of 62-year-old Edwin Donald Tatum of Prattville. Four others were injured in the accident. Cumbie was arrested and charged with boating under the influence and homicide by vessel in August, as a result of the accident.
Hamilton said if Cumbie is indicted on the charge of homicide by vessel, he could also face additional indictments as well.
“The grand jury could choose to find other indictments,” Hamilton said.
Alabama Marine Police Capt. Matt Brooks said the grand jury process is the next step in the case.
“If they indict him than a trial date will be set,” Brooks said. “If they don’t, it ends the criminal process.”
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