An Alliance man is facing felony counts of Motor Vehicle Homicide, Manslaughter; and Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol for the fifth time following a two-vehicle accident last October 4th at the intersection of 10th Street and Flack Avenue.
According to a Nebraska State Patrol reconstruction investigation, a southbound vehicle driven by 35-year-old Jacob Stone was traveling at approximately 82 mph in a 35-mph zone. He collided with another vehicle that was traveling northbound and attempting to turn left onto 10th Street. A state patrol reconstruction specialist believes that Stone would not have collided with the northbound vehicle had Stone been obeying the speed limit. No one in the vehicle Stone collided with sustained injuries.
Dagan Pierce, a passenger in Stone's vehicle, suffered serious injuries. Pierce was transferred to Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. He was declared dead on October 22, 2023, with what doctors labeled a nonsurvivable brain injury.
Alliance Police Officer Tyler Sherlock reported seeing several empty Fireball whiskey bottles of various sizes in Stone’s vehicle and noted an odor of alcoholic beverage emitting from Stone, as well as bloodshot eyes. Stone's blood alcohol level was later found to be over .15.