COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A Columbia man who caused a fatal crash and then fled the scene was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison.
Lukas Evans, 22, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty in the death of 37-year-old Jordan Hoyt, of Columbia.
Police said Evans was fleeing from an earlier crash when he hit Hoyt’s vehicle head-on and drove away.
He was originally scheduled to go on trial in April for second-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident. But Evans pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident and armed criminal action.
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