Driver accused of killing Colorado cadet due in court

BOULDER, Colo. | A man accused of killing a Colorado State Patrol cadet and injuring a trooper in May is due in court.

The Daily Camera reports (https://bit.ly/1Is9P ) that 27-year-old Christopher Gebers is due for a hearing Thursday in Boulder.

He is charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder in the May 23 death of Colorado State Patrol Cadet Taylor Thyfault and the serious injury of Trooper Clinton Rushing.

In Thursday’s hearing, prosecutors will make their case that Gebers continue being held without bond. The judge will also decide whether he should stand trial.

Prosecutors say Gebers was fleeing a traffic stop when he came upon an unrelated traffic crash and struck Rushing.

Gebers blames a mechanical malfunction on his car for the crash.

Information from: Daily Camera, https://www.dailycamera.com/