January date set for manslaughter trial

COVINGTON - A judge Tuesday set a trial date for a Florence man charged with causing a fatal wreck that killed a fish and wildlife officer.

Lloyd Robinson will stand trial Jan. 11 in Kenton Circuit Court. The trial is expected to last five or six days.

Robinson is charged with second-degree manslaughter and first-degree fleeing. He is accused of not stopping for a fish and wildlife officer trying to serve him a traffic citation.

The officer, Doug Bryant of Villa Hills, died in May 2003 when his vehicle crashed on Interstate 71/75 while chasing Robinson.

Mammoth Cave crash kills Elder H.S. grad

An Elder High School graduate was one of two people killed in a weekend wreck in Mammoth Cave National Park.

Jeff Beck, 22, of Columbus and another 22-year-old, Greg Ackley of Worthington, were killed in an accident that park rangers came upon about 11:30 p.m. Friday. Rangers suspect the accident happened shortly before they found the wrecked vehicle, which had hit a tree south of Green River.

Beck, Ackley and a Cincinnati man, Michael Kathman, 22, were on their way to Houchins Ferry campground.

Kathman was taken by medical helicopter to University of Louisville Hospital. He remained hospitalized there Tuesday in stable condition.

Rangers would not say which of the men was driving. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Louisville also is investigating.

Beck recently graduated from Ohio Northern University in Ada.