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Student’s DUI charge reduced

According to a report by WCBI, aggravated DUI charges have been lessened against a Mississippi State University student after he drove a vehicle that killed another student.
Sawyer Steede, 19-year-old,   was arrested on Sept. 17 after  Kaleb Barker was thrown from the bed of his pickup truck when he backed over a curb in the McDonald’s parking lot on Hwy 12. 
The Oktibbeha County grand jury reduced the aggrivated DUI charge to first offense DUI after evidence revealed by Steede’s attorney Rod Ray suggests Steede did not press the accelerator, but the truck moved on its own, according to WCBI. 
No trial date has been scheduled for the DUI.

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Student’s DUI charge reduced