Additional charges were filed Tuesday against Bruce Coppage, 30, of Gibsonton, Fla. He is accused of driving a golf cart drunk and serious injuring a woman at St. Michael’s Fair in late June.
Prosecutors filed charges of DUI and recklessly endangering another person against the 30-year-old before District Judge Robert Wagner Jr. on Tuesday morning. Coppage already faces charges of accident involving death or injury and several other offenses.
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Coppage’s preliminary hearing was also continued to a later date, as the Florida man still is in the process of retaining a public defender. The continuance is the second in the case.
When asked by Wagner why he did not yet have a public defender, Coppage said he missed his last scheduled meeting with one because he was two hours late due to traffic.
At the time of his arrest, Tullytown authorities said they observed slurred speech, lethargic demeanor coming from Coppage. They also said in court papers that he admitted to consuming alcoholic beverages prior to the accident. Officers asked the defendant if he could perform the field test and he told them he has problems with his knees at times, records show.
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Police said the woman struck by the golf cart suffered a serious injury and was “screaming in pain” when they arrived. The woman spend an extended period of time in the hospital recovering from her injuries.
The 30-year-old carnival worker is employed by Reithoffer Shows, which is based in Florida.
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Coppage is currently free on unsecured bail.
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