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Tears flowed in a Monroe courtroom Thursday morning as family members reflected on their lost loved ones who they said were taken too soon by the negligence and poor decisions of one man.
Monroe County s 38th Circuit Judge Michael A. Weiper sentenced Ryan Miettinen to serve 9 to 40 years in prison for the fatal hit-and-run crash that claimed the lives of two women on June 26, 2020.
The judge ordered the defendant to serve the sentences consecutively, meaning the number of years doubled. Miettinen, 22, of Willis, must serve a minimum of 18 years before being eligible for parole.
The victims in the case are Coleen Huling, 29, and Melissa Williamson, 25. Both had been riding their bicycles in London Township when the vehicle driven carelessly by Miettinen swerved and struck them. The driver then fled the scene.
Driver to serve minimum of 18 years for hit-and-run death of two bicyclists
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
MONROE COUNTY, MI – A driver accused of killing two women on the side of the road and driving away is going to prison.
Ryan Paul Miettinen was sentenced Thursday, April 29, by Monroe County Circuit Judge Michael A. Weipert, to serve at minimum two consecutive 9-40 year terms in prison for deaths of Melissa Williamson and Coleen Huling who were hit by Miettinen on June 26, 2020, according to the Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office.
Miettinen, 22, of Willis, pleaded no contest in February to two felony counts of failure to stop at the scene of a crash when at fault resulting in the deaths and entered a sentencing agreement calling for a minimum sentence of nine years on each count.