Izabella Denny died in 2024 from complications of permanent injuries suffered in the 2013 crash
The trial of a Marion man who was charged last year with vehicular homicide — 12 years after he caused a crash near Coggon — is scheduled to begin this spring.
Background
A Coggon woman was on her way home from an emergency room visit for her 21-month-old daughter for an ear infection about 1 a.m. on May 18, 2013, when a Marion man crashed his pickup truck into their van near the intersection of Highway 13 and Valley Farm Road, near Central City.
Brandon Schaul, then 27, crossed the center line, lost control of his truck and struck the van after drinking eight to 10 beers and smoking marijuana…