An Iowa Man Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Homicide
A Coralville man has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and other counts for a fatal 2020 crash police say he caused while under the influence of illegal drugs.
Bryce James Wagehoft, 32, pleaded guilty last week to reckless vehicular homicide and being a habitual offender in the April 2020 death of Dawn Elaine Detweiler Stout, 43, of Cedar Rapids, The Gazette reported. Wagehoft also pleaded Monday to a third offense of operating while intoxicated, driving on a suspended license and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Investigators have said Wagehoft was speeding when he passed another vehicle on a rural road near Palo and hit Detweiler’s vehicle, killing her. A toxicology report showed Wagehoft, who was thrown from his vehicle in the crash, had amphetamines, marijuana and opiates in his system at the time of the crash, police said.
