There are now two sets of charges facing Emporian Phillip Lieurance following a wreck on the Kansas Turnpike near Emporia earlier this month.
Lieurance was already facing single counts of aggravated assault, flee and elude and other charges after a crash on the Turnpike outside the Emporia service exit from late Sept. 10. Those charges were filed Tuesday.
More charges were filed Friday, and the list is significantly longer — 13 counts, four of which involve aggravated battery while driving under the influence. Lieurance is also facing two counts of reckless driving and single counts of aggravated battery, aggravated assault, low-level marijuana distribution, DUI, flee and elude, criminal damage and “violation of duty of driver upon damaging an unattended vehicle or other property.”
The initial case involved two alleged victims. The case filed Friday involves seven victims, including two from the originally-filed case.
Six people, Lieurance included, were all treated at Newman Regional Health and released.
Preliminary hearings are set for Nov. 6 in both cases.
