Scott Hewitt, the Maine trucker involved in a fatal accident in July, has pleaded innocent to nine charges stemming from that wreck.

According to The Associated Press, Hewitt entered the innocent plea to the misdemeanor charges on Sept. 25 in the Augusta District Court.

Hewitt has been charged with operating after suspension, possession of a suspended license, operating without authority, operating after being placed out of service, two counts of false record of duty status, operating without a medical certificate, operating while in possession of a radar detector and operating while in possession of a controlled substance.

He has also been charged with two civil charges – operating an unregistered motor vehicle and operating without insurance.

The charges stem from a July 29 accident on the Maine Turnpike in which Hewitt’s truck crashed into a car and killed the driver, 40-year-old Tina Turcotte of Scarborough.

The possibility of a vehicular manslaughter charge was ruled out after investigators determined that Hewitt was not impaired at the time of the wreck and that speed and the condition of his truck were not factors.

Hewitt, who is being held in the Cumberland County Jail on unrelated charges, had 63 driving convictions and 23 license suspensions on his record, according to The Associated Press. He is scheduled to make a court appearance this week.