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A woman who hit and killed a pedestrian in Columbia while she was talking on her phone and speeding has been ordered to pay $10 million to the victim's wife.
Randall Siddens, his wife Adrienne and their daughter.
Circuit Judge Jeff Harris imposed the sentence on Regine McCracken after family and friends of Sidden testified for nearly two hours about the impact of his death.
McCracken pleaded guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter on March 10. She also pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault, driving while her license was suspended or revoked and careless and imprudent driving, all misdemeanors.
McCracken, 25, was reportedly on FaceTime and driving 18 mph over the speed limit when she hit Siddens and another pedestrian on Grindstone Parkway, police said at the time of the crash. She was originally arrested on charges of second-degree assault and careless and imprudent driving, but the Boone County Prosecutorâs Office changed the assault charge to involuntary manslaughter when Siddens died in November 2019.