By - Associated Press - Tuesday, March 16, 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Lincoln woman has been sentenced to jail but may be able to avoid time behind bars for helping her daughter dump her car after she was involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that 52-year-old Kimberly Cowell said at her sentencing Tuesday that she responded “in the worst way possible” after the Oct. 18 crash that left Tina Mortensen dead.
Court documents said police found the car that was involved in the crash partially submerged in a creek. Surveillance video showed a car belonging to her daughter, Casey Maxfield, and another car that police said was Cowell‘s pulling in a parking lot in the area.