Woman sentenced for DWI crash that killed bicyclist in Riverside
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday after she was convicted in a 2024 drunk driving crash that resulted in the death of a bicyclist.
According to court records, 25-year-old Emily Davis pleaded guilty to one count of driving while intoxicated, resulting in the death of another, back in March. On Monday, she was sentenced to serve a decade in the Missouri Department of Corrections for the deadly crash.
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said that on Sept. 16, 2024, 25-year-old Xavier Anderson was riding a bicycle on Northwest Tullison Road near Highway 9 and Argosy Casino in Riverside at about 5:30 a.m. when a Chevrolet Cruze hit him.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that Anderson was hit in the rear, forcing him to be ejected from the bike.
Anderson was then taken to North Kansas City Hospital, where he was pronounced dead by hospital staff just before 9 a.m., the highway patrol said.
The driver of the Chevrolet was later identified as Davis. She was subsequently charged with DWI resulting in death.
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