Jury Trial to Begin for Motorist Accused of Killing 2 Construction Workers

A man accused of crashing into a construction zone and killing two workers is scheduled to have a jury trial on Monday at 9 a.m. at the Marion County Courthouse.

Indiana State Police said on May 9, 2014, Jordan Stafford of Fortville, 22 at the time, crashed his pickup into an arrow board and into two construction workers who were clearing cones to open a lane for the morning’s rush hour traffic.

The construction zone was located on Interstate 69 southbound between 82nd and 96th streets. Rieth-Riley Construction workers Coty DeMoss, 24, of Noblesville and Kenneth Duerson Jr., 49, of Indianapolis were both killed. Officials said DeMoss and Duerson were two minutes from the end of their work shift.

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