MACHIAS – A status conference in Washington County Superior Court for a Harrington man charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of his wife is scheduled for later this month.

In addition to the manslaughter charge, Scott A. Strout, 28, last year also was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of reckless conduct and one count of criminal operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants.

The accident happened nearly three years ago.

According to an earlier Bangor Daily News account, on July 5, 2004, 23-year-old Lindsay Strout was killed when the car Scott Strout was driving rolled over on Marshville Road in Harrington. The couple lived on that road.

Lindsay Strout, mother of a 1-month-old and a 2-year-old at the time, was ejected from the speeding car and died instantly, according to the BDN story.

Scott Strout’s sister Holly, who was also 23 and from Harrington, was one of the passengers in the car. The other passenger was Heather Pixley, who was 24 and not from the area. They both were injured.

Police determined that alcohol was a factor in the crash, but did not elaborate, the BDN story said.

“This is a classic example of a holiday weekend accident,” Deputy Travis Willey of the Washington County Sheriff’s Department said at the time. “Alcohol, speed and seat belts were all an issue. She was ejected, and she would not have been if she were wearing a seat belt.”

Willey and Sgt. Dennis Perry were called to Marshville Road, where Strout’s 2003 Pontiac Grand Am had flipped onto its roof in a field just off the road, the earlier BDN story said.

According to court documents, Strout’s attorney Marvin Glazier of Bangor requested that a Nov. 27, 2006, status conference be continued so that he could discuss the matter with the state.

Glazier filed a similar motion in February requesting that the Feb. 26 status conference be continued so they could “resolve the charges” in the case.

First Assistant District Attorney Carletta Bassano said Wednesday that a new status conference had been set for May 21. “We have been in communication [with Strout’s attorney] about the case,” Bassano said.

Glazier noted Wednesday that although his client has been charged, he had not yet been indicted by a grand jury.

“In most cases in Maine you have to be indicted by a grand jury before you are formally charged,” he said. “The police arrests you and gives you a ticket, but the DA does the actual charging in front of a grand jury.”