Man charged in motorcycle fatalities near Emerson

September 21, 2011 2:14 pm

A 55-year-old northeast Nebraska man has been charged with two counts of vehicular homicide.

Authorities say Robert Mahler, of Hubbard, was driving drunk the night of Sept. 9, on the wrong side of Nebraska Highway 35 near Emerson, when his car struck a motorcycle killing 20-year-old Christopher Oberg of Mapleton, Iowa and 19-year-old Alexis Calfee of Bennet, Nebraska. They were students at Wayne State College. Authorities say Mahler's blood alcohol level that night was more than twice the legal limit.

A phone number for Mahler could not be found. Online court records don't list Mahler's attorney.