Hale County grand jury to review fatal boat crash

GREENSBORO — A grand jury will consider whether to indict a man already charged in a boating crash that killed two people in West Alabama on July 4.

District Attorney Michael Jackson said Friday grand jurors in Hale County will review the crash.

Richard Latham Jr. was arrested on two counts of reckless murder shortly after the crash, which occurred on the Black Warrior River near Moundville. He also is charged with assault and reckless endangerment.

Authorities say Latham, 29, was drinking and driving a ski boat on the river when the crash occurred near a boat landing at Moundville. Killed were Richard Glover, 46, of Akron and Destiny Graben, 23, of Northport.

An attorney for Latham, Jim Standridge, said there's a "genuine issue" about the cause of the crash.