04/05/21
A Johnson County judge has delayed trial for an Iowa City man accused of initiating a head-on collision on Interstate 80 in 2019 that resulted in the death of a Texas man.
33-year-old Stephen Lucore waived his right to a trial by jury on March 5
th., and trial was set for April 6
th. On March 8
th.
Lucore allegedly told authorities he was trying to kill himself the evening of June 16
th. He was driving his Hyundai Sonata eastbound in the westbound lanes without his headlights, traveling at 80 miles an hour when he collided with a Honda head-on. The driver, David Sawyer of Frisco Texas, survived the collision, but one of his passengers, 64-year-old Robert Sawyer of Nocona Texas, died of his injuries. Four other passengers in Sawyer’s car were injured.