BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -
The man
accused of driving drunk and hitting two cyclists, killing one of them, was
arraigned in court Tuesday morning.
Joseph
Branch, 28, pleaded not guilty to DWI (2nd offense), vehicular homicide and
negligent injury.
The Baton
Rouge Police Department said Joseph Branch had a .307 percent blood alcohol
content when he hit and killed Nathan Crowson, 30.
The
legal limit in Louisiana is a blood alcohol content of .08 percent.
According
to the Baton Rouge Police Department, Nathaniel Crowson and Danny Morris were
riding bikes in the 6100 block of Perkins Road when they were hit from behind
by a vehicle.
Crowson
was pronounced dead at the scene. He left behind a 5-year-old daughter named
Katherine.
Morris, 31, was in the hospital for nearly a month due to the injuries he
suffered in the crash.
He had a
broken left ankle, his hip and femur are pinned. His pelvis was
shattered. He now has a metal brace holding it together.
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Joseph Branch (Source: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office)
