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DUI Manslaughter Trial Delayed For Cantonment Man
June 24, 2014
A judge has granted a prosecutor request to delay trial for a Cantonment man for a November 2013 traffic crash that claimed the life of his 54-year old passenger.
Jury selection was set to being Monday for 48-year old Melvin Pryear on charges of DUI manslaughter and DUI with property damage for the death of Albertina McCarty of Pensacola. Last week, Judge Terry Terrell ruled that Pryear was competent to face trial. His trial is now set to begin at the end of July and is expected to last at least two days.
The Florida Highway Patrol said Pryear was driving under the influence when he pulled into the path of a 18-wheeler near International Paper last November. The FHP said that according to multiple witnesses, both north and southbound Highway 29 had a green light, but there was no green turn arrow for Pryear.
The front of the 18-wheeler struck the Chrysler, causing it to rotate onto the southbound shoulder at the Raceway gas station. McCarty, Pryear’s passenger in the Chrysler, was pronounced deceased at the scene by Escambia County EMS.
Pryear remains in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $101,000. Jury selection in his trial is set to begin next week.
NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
cambia County Jail with bond set at $101,000.
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