Vehicle trial moving forward

A Colusa woman charged with vehicular manslaughter, despite tests that show she was not under the influence but the victim was, is set to appear in court today.

Belinda A. Remley, 54, is charged with a misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter in connection with a Nov. 4 crash that killed Mark Eisele, 40, of Paradise.

Remley was arrested following the crash and charged with driving under the influece, but tests show she was sober at the time of the crash and that Eisele was more than three times over the legal alcohol limit, and tested positive for marijuana use.

Prosecutors have called those test results irrelevant and have filed a motion to exclude Eisele's test results from the case file.

Remley said Eisele had pulled off to the south side shoulder of Highway 162 as she was proceeding east on the afternoon of Nov. 4. She believes Eisele was trying to make a U-turn and pulled out in front of her.

However, the California Highway Patrol reached a different conclusion.

The CHP believes that Eisele had slowed to turn off the highway and Remley slammed into the back of his truck, causing the crash and his death.

Remley is due in court today at 8:30 a.m.