The 40-year-old Janesville man accused of injuring two children in a drunken E-bike crash waives his right to a preliminary hearing in Rock County Court.
According to online court records Kevin Gerard appeared before Judge Karl Hanson Friday where he plead not guilty to charges of neglecting a child causing bodily harm and second-degree recklessly endangering safety.
According to the criminal complaint, Janesville Police were dispatched to the area of West Delavan Drive and South Jackson Street on the report of an accident with injury on June 27th.
Witnesses reported that a man had been traveling on an electric bike pulling a carrier with two children inside when he crashed at a high rate of speed.
The rider of the bike, Kevin Lee Gerard admitted that he had been drinking prior to going for a ride with his kids and claimed they had been wearing helmets, despite witness accounts to the contrary.
One of the children, a two-year-old boy, was unconscious following the accident and had to be transported to a Madison hospital via helicopter.
