SHAWANO, WI (WTAQ) – A trial has been ordered for the driver accused of causing a triple fatal crash last fall.
Online court records indicate that Ryan Swadner was bound over for trial following a preliminary hearing.
Swadner is facing 11 charges, including 3 counts of second-degree reckless homicide, for the crash which claimed the lives of Paige Brunette, Cody Borsche and Tyler Welch on October 21.
Arraignment is set for July 20.
According to the criminal complaint, marijuana was found by police inside Swadner’s car the day of the crash.
When detectives asked Swadner if he was smoking marijuana before the crash, the criminal complaint says Swadner admitted to smoking two to three weeks before the crash but he couldn’t remember smoking the day of the crash.
Swadner’s attorney has questioned the toxicology report results.
The complaint alleges Swadner was headed to a gas station so Welch could sell drugs to a person waiting for them.
While headed north Highway 22, officials say Swadner was trying to pass another vehicle stopped to turn left. Swadner immediately lost control of his car and that’s when he hit an SUV in the other lane.
(Additional reporting from FOX 11).
