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Trial set for Trooper charged in homicide

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ATHENS, AL (WAFF) -

A trial was set for the Alabama State Trooper accused of killing an Athens couple.

James Heath Moss is charged with two counts of criminally negligent homicide.

Police said Moss was heading to an accident when he rear-ended Sarah and Lee Gossett's vehicle on Lucas Ferry Road last April.

Their car was pushed into a field and caught fire. They had been on their way to pick up their daughters at school when the crash happened.

The lawyer who filed suit on behalf of the Gossett estate says Moss was driving faster than 120 mph just before the crash.

His trial is set for September 24.

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