A Hartland man entered provisional not guilty pleas Thursday in Freeborn County District Court in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash earlier this month in Albert Lea.

Leslie David Jones, 51, faces charges of criminal vehicular homicide and not having a Minnesota driver’s license in a Dec. 16 crash on East Main Street near McDonald’s that killed Joanne Carol Klein, 66, of Albert Lea.

Jones entered the pleas in what was his first court appearance with a lawyer. He is being represented by Daniel Donnelly of Austin.

Court documents detail the events before and after the crash as shown on a surveillance camera at a nearby business.

The video depicted Klein standing on the side of the road, near McDonald’s, preparing to cross Main Street. She reportedly delayed crossing at the curb, looking both ways before crossing. As she crossed the inner lane, next to the median, she was reportedly struck by a blue or bluish-green Ford Ranger extended cab pickup shortly before 6:30 p.m. She died about 17 minutes later.

Footage showed Jones reportedly stopped his truck and parked it in the Cars-n-Credit parking lot and then walked over to Klein, before crossing the street back to his pickup.

After an officer arrived and began rendering aid to Klein, Jones reportedly then crossed the street and stood behind the officer’s vehicle.

According to court records, Jones reportedly had no contact with an officer before getting into his pickup truck and driving away at about four minutes after the crash.

Officers reportedly found a truck the next morning at Motor Inn’s detail shop matching the description of the suspect vehicle that later registered to a family member of Jones with the same last name.

A police department detective entered the shop and came out with Jones, according to the court file.

Jones reportedly had no Minnesota driver’s license and an expired Utah driver’s license.

He was reportedly carrying a jacket that officers recognized from the video as having been worn by the driver of the truck and was reportedly shaking and crying.

He was going to call the night of the crash but didn’t because his phone was dead.

Jones is next slated to appear for a settlement conference March 17. A jury trial is scheduled for May 24 if the case is not settled.

If convicted of criminal vehicular homicide, Jones faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. If convicted of not having a Minnesota driver’s license, he faces a maximum sentence of 90 days imprisonment and a $1,000 fine.