A FAIRMONT MAN FACES 5 GROSS MISDEMEANOR CHARGES FROM A TRAFFIC CRASH INVOLVING SEVERAL VEHICLES NEAR AND AT THE COUNTY ROAD 39 AND LAKE AVENUE ( COUNTY ROAD 26) INTERSECTION WEST OF FAIRMONT ON APRIL 18 THIS YEAR. ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT A CAR ALLEGEDLY DRIVEN BY 26 YEAR OLD SETH MICHEAL KICK WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED SOUTH ON COUNTY ROAD 39 PAST THE FAIRGROUNDS SIDESWIPED ONE VEHICLE, REAR ENDED ANOTHER AT THE INTERSECTION,INJURING A WOMEN DRIVER OF THAT VEHICLE, WHICH THEN HIT A SEMI TRUCK READY TO TURN ON THE COUNTY 39 FROM COUNTY ROAD 26. KICKS VEHICLE HIT THE TRAILER OF THE SEMI AND ENDED UP IN THE DITCH.

ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORTS RESULTS FROM A BREATHALYZER TEST SHOWED KICK WITH BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT OF.0825. THE 5 GROSS MISDEMEANOR CHARGES ARE FOR CRIMINAL VEHICULAR OPERATION BODILY HARM- GROSS NEGLIGENCE,CRIMINAL VEHICULAR OPERATION BODILY HARM -UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. CRIMINAL VEHICULAR OPERATION -BODILY HARM- ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION MORE THAN .08 OR MORE, AND TWO 2ND DEGREE DWI CHARGES. TOTAL MAX PENALTY’S IF CONVICTED ARE 5 YEARS IN JAIL AND $15,000 IN FINES.

SETH KICK HAD A PREVIOUS CONVICTION FOR D W I IN MARCH OF 2013 ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT.