Court Date For Woman Charged With Texting In Fatal Crash

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- A western Maryland woman is due in court in Hagerstown on charges she was texting behind the wheel when her car struck and killed a bicyclist in January.

The status hearing Monday is for 24-year-old Nadine Rager of Hagerstown. She was charged in March, about six weeks after the hit-and-run collision that killed 47-year-old John Bushman.

Rager is charged with manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident and unlawful text messaging.

Bushman was a forklift operator. He was killed Jan. 29 while riding his bicycle along West Washington Street, also known as state Route 144, just west of Hagerstown.