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(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.
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