Thursday, March 25, 2010 | 10:49 a.m.
Vladimir Lagerev appears in court April 22 on felony DUI charges at the Regional Justice Center. He has been charged in connection with the death of UNLV freshman Lindsay Bennett, who died two days after a head-on crash on an offramp to Interstate 215 at Windmill Lane.
The trial for a man accused of being drunk behind the wheel in a head-on collision last year that killed an 18-year-old UNLV freshman has been postponed for a second time.
Vladimir Lagerev, 45, was scheduled to stand trial beginning Monday on a charge of driving under the influence resulting in death in an April 15, 2009, crash that killed Lindsay Bennett.
The trial was reset to Aug. 30 after a request from Lagerev’s attorney, Stephen Stein, who said he wasn’t fully prepared. He also told the judge one of the prosecutors in the case had been out of town because of a family emergency.
Deputy District Attorney Steven Waters objected to the continuance, saying the state was ready to go to trial.
District Court Judge James M. Bixler granted the continuance but warned the attorneys that a third extension wouldn’t be granted.
Lagerev has been out of custody on house arrest since posting a $100,000 bond last year. As conditions of the bail, Lagerev has been ordered to wear an ankle bracelet to monitor his whereabouts and whether he has consumed alcohol. He has been required to surrender identification documents, including his passport.
Bennett, a Coronado High School graduate, died two days after the crash, which occurred on the Windmill Lane off-ramp of Interstate 215. Police said her 2006 Honda was hit head-on by Lagerev's Acura, which police said he was driving the wrong way on the ramp.
Prosecutors say Lagerev had a blood-alcohol level of 0.20, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08.
Bennett died two days before her 19th birthday.
Sun archives
- Trial delayed for man accused in death of UNLV freshman (10-22-2009)
- Bail lowered for man charged with DUI in UNLV student’s death (6-17-2009)
- Man pleads not guilty in alleged DUI death of UNLV freshman (5-28-2009)
- Man charged with DUI in death of Rebel Girl indicted (5-20-2009)
- Man charged in crash that killed Rebel Girl back behind bars (4-30-2009)
- Man charged in crash that killed Rebel Girl released (4-29-2009)
- Bail set for man charged in fatal I-215 crash (4-27-2009)
- Man charged with DUI in fatal head-on crash appears in court (4-22-2009)
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