Friday, November 18, 2011

Vehicular Homicide Charges for Driver in Sunday Pedestrian Death

Police have now charged the driver who ran over and killed a man Sunday afternoon in Des Moines with vehicular homicide. Officers say 68-year old Richard Halterman was intoxicated when he ran over Engenio Cruz, who was working under the back bumper of his car in the 400 block of East 19th Street. Cruz was declared dead at the scene. Both his vehicle and Halterman’s were damaged. Halterman was injured but was discharged from Mercy Medical Center on Tuesday.

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