Plea hearing scheduled Tuesday for man charged with manslaughter in 2024 crash on I-70
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A plea hearing has been scheduled for next week for a man accused of manslaughter in a fatal crash in August 2024.
Walter Montejo, 27, is charged with two counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, one count of second-degree assault, misdemeanor driving while revoked and driving without insurance. He is being held at the Boone County Jail. Jail records show he is also being held on an immigration detainer.
Montejo is accused of killing Cindy Helms, 54, of Rockwood, Tennessee, and Melvina Colin, 84, of Broomfield, Colorado, during an Aug. 7, 2024, crash on Interstate 70 in Boone County.
A court filing on Friday shows a plea hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Boone County Courthouse. A pretrial conference had been scheduled for Friday and a jury trial was expected to last about three days, according to previous reporting.
Friday’s filing says the “case has been resolved.”
Court documents in previous reporting say Montejo was driving a tractor-trailer when it crossed over the median and hit a U-Haul head-on, killing Helms and Colin.