Hanover Twp. Man Faces Trial In Wife’s Death

A Hanover Township man will face trial in the death of his wife. Stewart Wilson, 47 waived felony homicide by vehicle while dui, homicide by vehicle and misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter charges to court on Thursday. Wilson is accused of not seeing a car making a turn, then serving his car into an oncoming vehicle, sideswiping it, overcorrecting his steering into a guardrail on Stuebenville Pike in April of 2022. Stewart and his wife Denise Pierce-Wilson were ejected from the vehicle. Both were flown to hospitals. Pierce-Wilson died at the hospital from her injuries. Wilson will be formally arraigned on August 24.