Driver gets 15 years for killing worker in construction zone
Posted January 06, 2017 6:00 am
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - A man has been given 15 years in prison for killing a worker in an eastern Iowa highway construction zone.
Nineteen-year-old Sebon Reese was sentenced Thursday in Scott County District Court in Davenport. He'd pleaded guilty to eluding and vehicular homicide.
Officials say a deputy spotted Reese's speeding car Sept. 1 on U.S. Highway 61 near Blue Grass. His car entered a work zone before the deputy could pull it over. Investigators say Reese tried to exit the highway but careened into the construction area, hitting 62-year-old Willie Holley, of Rock Island, Illinois. Holley was pronounced dead later at a hospital.
Reese's 1-year-old sister was in the car.
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