Man accused of causing deadly 2021 crash pleads guilty to OVI charge

Franklin County prosecutors plan to dismiss some of the other charges Joshua Trammell faced,...
Franklin County prosecutors plan to dismiss some of the other charges Joshua Trammell faced, including reckless homicide.(Source: MGN)
Published: Jan. 31, 2023 at 5:57 PM EST
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FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ind. (WXIX) - A man accused of driving while under the influence of drugs and causing a deadly crash in 2021 has pleaded guilty to several charges.

Joshua Trammell pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle under the influence causing death, and to a habitual offender sentence enhancement, Franklin County court records show.

The charges stem from a July 2021 crash.

Trammell was accused of driving on US 52 when he crossed the center line and hit an oncoming car head-on.

The driver of the other vehicle was 46-year-old Virginia Fasbinder.

After the crash, investigators said they found two hypodermic needles in Trammell’s car.

A month later, Franklin County sheriff’s deputies say lab results showed Trammell had drugs, including meth, in his system at the time of the crash.

Fassbinder’s loved ones say she was a mother who was loved by her co-workers and customers at Pioneer Restaurant and Lounge where she’d worked for more than a decade.

Franklin County prosecutors plan to dismiss some of the other charges Trammell faced, including reckless homicide. They say the charges wouldn’t have led to a steeper sentence.

Trammell will be sentenced on March 1.

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