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Lawmaker's son charged in hit-and-run

By KRISTIN TAYLOR
Staff Writer

Murray State University student Harrison Yonts, 20, was charged with second-degree manslaughter in the hit-and-run death of a 62-year-old Murray State University student  Shaheen.Shaheen who was found in a ditch along a road.  Ms. Shaheen died from blunt trauma to her face and neck because of an automobile-versus-pedestrian collision.

"Murray State officials said Shaheen was a December candidate for a degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)".

Story created Nov 11, 2005 - 23:34:50 EST.

Judge dismisses fraternity members from wrongful death lawsuit

Posted on Tue, Mar. 04, 2008


The Associated Press

Reported that a federal judge has dismissed 62 members of a fraternity from a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the fatal traffic accident that killed Shaheen.Shaheen. The judge ruled Monday that there is no evidence that members of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at Murray State provided alcohol to Harrison Yonts, rather evidence indicated that Yonts took his own alcohol to the party and that there was no law requiring fraternity members to stop Yonts from driving after having too much to drink.

Also reported that "Yonts was convicted in February of wanton murder, drunken driving and other charges in the crash."

Information from: The Paducah Sun, http://www.paducahsun.com

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