by Greg Brock

  Involuntary manslaughter charges were filed late Monday in Taney County  against a man from Forsyth in connection with the death of Hollister Parks Department Director Chad Fuqua.
  According to the probable cause statement, Chad Blackston Carter told officers he had been drinking before he made a U-turn in his Hummer of Business 65  in Hollister just after midnight.
    Fuqua was driving his motorcycle near to the Hummer when the sudden U-turn was made... Fuqua appearantly had no time to react. Both vehicles were eastbound near the Spirits Shop. Fuqua was taken to Skaggs in Branson where he died about an hour later.   Services for Fuqua have been set for Thursday evening, from 5 to 7 p.m. at The River Church at 10374 East Highway 76 in Forsyth.
  City workers are recalling Fuqua as a hard worker who would spend much of his free time working on Hollister's various parks program.  He was the son of Assistant City Administrator Vonnie Mathiesen.