A driver was on his way back from trying to see his kids when he killed a 15-year-old bicyclist and fled, leaving him to be found by his brother, according to investigators in Florida.
Hector Santiago Jr. has now been sentenced to 30 years in prison after a jury convicted him of vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a crash involving a death and operating a motor vehicle causing a death without a driver’s license, the State Attorney’s Office for the 20th Judicial Circuit announced Sept. 15.
Santiago’s attorney, Richard Sullivan, told McClatchy News that his client maintained his innocence throughout the trial, saying he wasn’t the culprit. Sullivan said his client plans to appeal…