Circuit Court Judge Lee S. Alford ordered that Michael Walker Reid of 408 Homeplace Road remain on house arrest except when attending church, meeting with his attorney or going to the doctor. The former Winthrop University pre-law student must be accompanied other places by his parents, the judge said. Alford also mandated that Reid be monitored by a GPS tracking system.

“He’s not to drive an automobile,” Alford said during court today. “He can’t consume any alcohol or drugs.”

Authorities on May 24 charged Reid with felony driving under the influence involving a death and two counts of felony DUI involving great bodily injury in connection to the death of Lancaster’s Peggy Landry. Also injured during that collision were Ronald and Barbara Herring. Both were flown to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

Officials originally denied Reid’s bond.

After court today, Reid’s parents deferred comment to their attorney Philip Smith.

“He set a fair bond,” Smith said. “The family is happy to be able to spend some time with him. It’s been a difficult 62 days for him to go through.”

Barbara Herring and Peggy Landry’s family members declined to speak after court, but 16th Circuit Solicitor Kevin Brackett spoke on their behalf.

“The family and friends of Peggy Landry and Ronald and Barbara Herring hope the public will take two lessons from this tragedy,” Brackett said. “The first being, if you’ve had anything to drink, please don’t get behind the wheel of a car.

“As gas prices continue to rise, more and more people are driving motorcycles and scooters. People need to take extra care to look out for people driving motorcycles because they are particularly vulnerable and exposed.”

Reid’s charges stem from an incident that happened around 4:20 p.m. May 24 on Lesslie Highway at the intersection of Springdale Road, just southeast of the Rock Hill city limits. Landry and the Herrings were riding Harley Davidson motorcycles northbound on Lesslie Highway when they approached the intersection of Springdale Road.

“There were three motorcycles stopped at the light,” Brackett said in court. “The defendant came up behind them and struck Peggy Landry. Her body flew across the intersection and landed on the other side of the road. She was dead on the scene.

“The other two individuals were critically injured,” Brackett said about the Herrings. “She had severe injuries to her leg and head. He also had severe head injuries.”

When Reid got out of his 1994 Dodge pickup truck, Brackett said, “it was obvious that he was impaired. He informed the officers that they would find marijuana in his system, as well.”

About two hours after the collision, Reid’s blood alcohol level, was .14, Brackett said — almost twice the legal limit of .08.

According to court testimony, the speed limit for the area was 45 mph. Preliminary results note that Reid drove as much as 20 mph over the speed limit.

Reid remains in custody today at York County Detention Center.

For more details, read Saturday’s Herald.