The lawyer for a man accused of hitting a girl after she got off a school bus last December is raising questions about how visible the bus was. William Dean Barnes is on trial in Lander for vehicular homicide in the death of 11-year-old MaKayla Marie Strahle (STRAW'-lee) of Crowheart. The school bus had its lights flashing but there was fog at the time. In opening arguments, defense lawyer Devon Petersen said Barnes didn't know there was a bus until he hit MaKayla. On Wednesday, the Riverton Ranger reported that he asked bus driver Fred Peterson why a strobe light on the roof wasn't activated. The driver didn't think the fog was severe enough. MaKayla's father didn't directly answer whether he was upset with how she was dropped off, saying "I'd definitely change things."
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