A Key West woman who killed a woman in 2015 with her car deserves 32 years in prison, a Monroe County judge decided Monday.
April Dawn Thomason, 46, ran over
Stephanie Collins with her Mercedes-Benz on Sept. 15, 2015, and could
have killed two other people, a jury found last month.
“I’m sorry for everything, most
of all the loss of a person’s life,” Thomason said in court. “I’m so
sorry for all the pain I caused.”
A jury convicted Thomason of
vehicular manslaughter for the fatal crash on the sidewalk of South
Roosevelt Boulevard where Stephanie Collins, 49, of Cudjoe Key, and her
friend Ian McNab were walking that evening.
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Thomason pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity,
blaming the crash on severe Xanax withdrawal which she began on her own
without any medical help. She had no intoxicants in her system, a blood
test showed. She also told police she was distracted by talking to God
while behind the wheel.
Keys woman gets 32 years in prison for fatal crash | Miami Herald
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