RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A man accused of killing an infant during a 2018 hit-and-run in Rapid City has pleaded not guilty.
The Rapid City Journal reports George Matousek, 37, pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree manslaughter and hit-and-run with injury in the October 2018, death of 1-year-old Mackayla Dillon. He also pleaded not guilty to driving under suspension.
Police say Matousek was driving “at an extremely high rate of speed” before hitting two vehicles at a Rapid City intersection. Dillon died after she and two adults in one of the vehicles were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Matousek faces life in prison under the South Dakota’s habitual offender laws.
Matousek was previously convicted of a firearm assault in California , identity-theft in Washington and a drug case in South Dakota.
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