A man accused of killing two people in a crash in April in Taylorville plead not guilty on Thursday in Christian County Court.  46 year old Robert Hodson of Taylorville alongside Attorney John Sharp made his appearance in court and plead not guilty, waived his arraignment, and requested a trial by jury. 

He was involved in a vehicle crash that put a 19 year old from Lafayette, Indiana in the hospital and killed 19 year old Haley Shoot and 20 year old Zaydin Dudra of Taylorville in April as he tried to pass a vehicle on Route 48 and hit their vehicle head on. 

Hodson is being charged with 1 aggravated DUI. It is a class 2 felony and he faces 6-28 years in prison.  He has his final pretrial set for September 21st and his jury trial is set for October 4th at 8:30 AM.