The driver who left three injured children behind following a traffic crash in Gratiot County, Michigan earlier this year has been bound over for trial.
Steven McLean Pullman, 37, of St. Louis waived his preliminary hearing that was scheduled for last Thursday in 65th District Court.
He will now head to trial in 29th Circuit Court, according to Chief Assistant Prosecutor Jennifer Shephard.
A date has not yet been set.
Pullman, who is represented by Alma attorney Topher Goggin, faces two counts of failure to stop at the scene of a serious personal injury accident and two counts of driving while license revoked causing serious injury.
All of the charges are five-year felonies.
The traffic crash occurred March 20 just south of St. Louis in Bethany Township when, according to a Gratiot County Sheriff’s Office report, Pullman ran a stop sign at the corner of Jackson and State roads and broadsided another vehicle traveling north on State Road.
The driver of the second vehicle, a 32-year-old St. Louis woman, was treated for minor injuries.
Pullman, however, fled the scene on foot leaving three children who were passengers in his vehicle behind with serious injuries.
The youngsters were transported to MyMichigan Medical Center Gratiot in Alma before being transferred to Covenant Hospital in Saginaw for treatment.
All three have since recovered.
Pullman was later found by deputies and a K-9 tracking unit a few hours after the crash hiding in a hunting blind in a wooded area about a mile from the scene.
He was also taken to MyMichigan Medical Center Gratiot for treatment and later transferred to MyMichigan Medical Center in Midland.
After Pullman was released from the hospital no charges were immediately filed pending further investigation.
That process took several weeks while the prosecutor’s office waited for a toxicology report, results from a Michigan State Police accident reconstruction team investigation of the crash and the medical condition of the three injured children.
A warrant was issued for Pullman’s arrest in September and he surrendered to police last month while accompanied by his attorney.
Pullman has pleaded not guilty to all charges and remains free on a $20,000 personal recognizance bond.
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