Nation IN BRIEF : KENTUCKY : Driver Accused of Killing 27 to Be Tried
<i> From Times staff and wire service reports </i>
Potential jurors will be interviewed starting today in Carrollton, Ky., about their awareness of drunken driving as the trial starts for a man accused of killing 27 people in a fiery bus crash on the night of May 14, 1988. The prosecution charged that Larry Mahoney was drunk behind the wheel of his pickup truck traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 when he slammed into a bus from a Radcliff church returning from an amusement park outing. Mahoney, 36, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence several years ago in another case.
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