The defense for a semi-truck driver on trial in a fatal hit-and-run wanted jurors on Monday to see the victim’s injuries to convince them the man had intended to kill himself.
Shane Jungemann, 48, of Jefferson City, South Dakota, is on trial this week in Riley County District Court. He is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident in connection with the May death of Samuel Ratliff, 32. According to court records, Jungemann was driving a semi and pulling an empty cattle trailer when he backed into Ratliff.
Ratliff was hit and pulled under the trailer at the intersection of South Fifth Street and Pottawatomie Avenue and was dislodged on South Fourth Street shortly after Jungemann turned the corner to drive north.
