FARMINGTON – The case of a Massachusetts lumber dealer accused of leaving the scene of a deadly accident on Route 27 in New Vineyard last winter has been continued until his lawyer can be present to hear the verdict.

Domingos Medeiros, 49, of Fall River expected to hear the verdict from Justice Michaela Murphy on Friday in Franklin County Superior Court.

His jury-waived trial ended Feb. 25, and Murphy delayed her verdict to March 20 because computer problems prevented her from listening to a taped interview between Medeiros and Cpl. Stephen Charles of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department. Also, she gave defense attorney Walter McKee and prosecutor James Andrews time to submit legal arguments for her review.

McKee was involved in another jury trial, so the case was continued by the justice, a court spokesperson said Friday. The new date should be known by next week.

Medeiros turned himself into police nine days after a half-dozen 17-foot beams fell from a trailer he was hauling from Kingfield to Fall River on Jan. 16, 2008. One beam went through the windshield of a vehicle driven by Stephen McKenney, 55, of New Portland, killing him, investigators said. Another hit the windshield of a vehicle driven by Katherine Jones of Camden.

Medeiros was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with personal injury or death, a felony, and pleaded not guilty last May.