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The trial for the 18-year-old driver in the car crash that killed Wheeling Park High School student Devin Sovinsky has been set for April 22, according to Hancock County Prosecuting Attorney Steven Dragisich.
Cory Sipos pleaded not guilty to the counts of driving under the influence of alcohol, controlled substances or drugs causing death and negligent homicide during his arraignment last Friday.
The fatal crash occurred along Bethany Pike in the early morning of July 18, 2023. According to State Police crime lab analysis of a blood sample from Sipos, he allegedly had a blood alcohol content of .116 during the crash.
Sovinsky was found unresponsive by first responders to the crash. They administered aid, and he was transported to WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital. Sovinsky was pronounced dead at 4:05 a.m.
Another minor present in the rear seat of the vehicle received minor injuries from the crash, according to the Wheeling Police Department.
The trial will take place at the Ohio County Courthouse but will be handled by Dragisich, who the Prosecutor's Insitute has appointed as the special prosecutor on the case. The prosecuting attorney cited a conflict of Sipos's grandfather being an Ohio County house arrest officer as the reason the case was transferred to the Hancock County Prosecutor's Office.
Ohio County Circuit Court with Judge Jason Cuomo will preside over the case.