Posted By: George Lawson July 28, 2021 @ 2:50 pm Local News, News
By the Associated Press:
A Hutchinson woman was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for a crash that killed one person and injured six others.
Viola Rhodes was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in May to one count of involuntary manslaughter while intoxicated and six counts of aggravated battery. Rhodes was driving in December 2020 when her car went off a road and overturned, killing 44-year-old Brian Bookout.
In exchange for her plea in May, prosecutors dropped a second-degree murder charge. Two other people in the car were hospitalized and four others were treated for injuries at the scene.
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A Hutchinson woman whose car went off a road, killing one person and injuring six others, has pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence.
Viola Rhodes, 61, also pleaded guilty Wednesday to six counts of aggravated battery. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors agreed not to charge her with reckless second-degree murder, The Hutchinson News reported.
Rhodes was driving a carload of people on Dec. 5 when her vehicle went off a road and overturned near Yoder.
One passenger, Brian Bookout, 44, was thrown from the vehicle and later died. Two other passengers were hospitalized and four others were treated at the scene.