Trial slated for intoxicated manslaughter

Kory Porter

A former Lampasas High School student will stand trial Oct. 22 for the Feb. 24 death of Jordan Brittnie Evans, a 16-year-old LHS sophomore who resided in Kempner.

Kory Dean Porter is charged with intoxicated manslaughter stemming from a one-vehicle accident about six-tenths of a mile south of U.S. Highway 190 in which Miss Evans was killed and four other LHS students were injured.

Porter, 17, at the time of the accident, was a junior at LHS.

A report filed at the time of the accident by the Texas Department of Public Safety stated that a 2001 Dodge Dakota pickup, driven by Porter, was northbound on FM 3170 and was traveling too fast to safely negotiate a left-hand curve in the roadway.

His vehicle drifted off the east side of the road, and he overcorrected to the left and crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic.

Porter then overcorrected to the right, and the pickup skidded down an embankment, where it struck a stock fence and a utility pole.

The report states that the vehicle rolled and came to rest on its top.

Miss Evans was pronounced dead at the scene, while Porter and three other teens were transported to various medical facilities for treatment.

Porter, 18, was released from the Lampasas County Jail on $10,000 bond and is being represented by Waco attorney Abel Reyna.

Lampasas County Attorney Larry Allison will prosecute the case for the state.