The Lancaster County Attorney s Office reduced two felony motor-vehicle homicide charges to misdemeanors in the case of a trucker accused of running over multiple cars and killing two people.
KLKN-TV
March 15, 2021 3:11 pm
SARPY COUNTY (KLKN) Kenisha Prentice, 25, was sentenced in Sarpy County Monday for her role in the fatal crash involving a Lincoln resident.
Prentice was sentenced for four offenses: DUI – Motor Vehicle Homicide, DUI Causing Serious Bodily Injury, DUI 2nd Offense, and Following Too Closely. She had previously pled guilty to these charges.
In total, she could serve 6.5 to 13 in prison and pay $550 in fines. Her driver’s license will also be revoked for 15 years.
The crash happened the night of Feb. 9 when Prentice and friends were driving back from a party where they had been drinking. Prentice ultimately crashed into a stalled vehicle in the right lane of I-80, near the Hwy 370 on-ramp. The stalled vehicle did have its emergency flashers on.
A 30-year-old New Bedford man who was allegedly high on marijuana when he struck and killed a 54-year-old West Bridgewater woman in Brockton has been indicted.