New Details Emerge In Tow-Truck Dragging Death
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A Colorado Springs woman accused of dragging a tow-truck driver to his death may argue that she feared the tower and was fleeing for her safety.
In a preliminary hearing Friday for Detra Farries, defense lawyers told a judge that witnesses saw the tow-truck driver run after Farries' GMC with a knife. Driver Allen Lee Rose was killed Feb. 23 when Farries drove off and Rose became entangled in a cable and was dragged for more than a mile.
Farries' public defenders also told the court that Farries had limited ability to see behind her because her vehicle had one broken and obscured mirrors.
The hearing will be continued May 23. Farries faces charges including manslaughter, vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal accident.
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