(KLZA)--A Percival, Iowa man has been convicted of charges in connection with the death 6-year-old boy last week in Nebraska City.

59-year-old Vernon Christiansen pleaded no contest Monday in Otoe County Court charges of misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide, possession of an open alcohol container, operating a vehicle with a bald tire and operating a vehicle with an obstructed view.

Authorities say he was driving a pickup truck that struck and killed the boy at a farmers market event.

Sentencing is scheduled for September 8th.

Christiansen faces up to a year in jail on the motor vehicle homcide charge.