Hearing set in drunken driving case in which 84-year-old woman was killed

Staff reports

A preliminary hearing is set for Monday to determine if there is enough evidence to try a Carson City man with DUI causing death in a collision that claimed the life of an 84-year-old grandmother.

Gerald Horine, 47, was jailed on suspicion of felony drunken driving causing death and drunken driving causing substantial bodily harm.

According to police reports, on Aug. 19, Horine, 47, was northbound on Fairview Drive south of the Fifth Street roundabout about 9 a.m. when he crossed the center line and struck a southbound vehicle driven by Mary Blueberg, 62, of Washoe Valley, as Blueberg and her mother were on their way to church.

Blueberg's mother, Wretha Wright, 84, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Both Blueberg and Horine were flown from the scene to Renown Regional Medical Center where Blueberg was treated for spinal fractures and a shattered leg, among other injuries.

Horine was arrested by a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper upon his release from the hospital five days later.