The negligent homicide trial of a 40-year-old Columbia Falls man accused of running over his ex-wife and leaving her severely injured at the scene in Martin City before she succumbed to her injuries at the hospital in 2023 is now underway in Flathead County District Court. Jury selection, opening statements and witness testimony took place on Monday, Oct. 27.

The 14-member jury panel, which includes two alternates, heard opening statements and the first two witness testimonies in the case against Kenneth James Floyd, who pleaded not guilty to a felony count of negligent homicide in November 2023. In April 2024, he pleaded not guilty to a second felony count of leaving the scene of a vehicle accident involving serious bodily injury or death to another person and a third felony count of tam

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