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Pre-trial conference reset for man connected to fatal crash in Cass County

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April 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The pre-trial conference for a man charged in connection with a May, 2015 fatal crash in Cass County, was rescheduled this week to 10-a.m. April 20th, at the Shelby County Courthouse. The Trial for 50-year old Paul W. Marshall, of Modale, has been reset three times. Online court  records show his trial, which was originally set for Nov. 15, 2015, is now set to take place April 26th in Shelby County.

Marshall faces a charge of Homicide by Vehicle/Operating Under the Influence, for the crash that took place at around 7-a.m. Saturday, May 16th, 2015 on Interstate 80, near the Marne exit. The Iowa State Patrol said Marshall was driving a 2009 Dodge pickup westbound in the eastbound lanes of the Interstate when the truck struck a 2009 Pontiac Vibe, head-on. The crash killed 31-year old Peter John Underwood, of Lincoln, NE., an assistant soccer coach for the University of Nebraska.

Underwood was traveling on a recruiting trip when the crash happened. He died at the scene. University officials said Underwood had just completed his fourth season with the Nebraska women’s soccer program, serving the last two as a full-time coach and the previous two as a volunteer assistant.