KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Blue Springs woman is sentenced for causing a crash in June 2023 that killed a motorcyclist.
Jackson County Judge Jennifer Phillips sentenced Carly A. Rudolph on Friday to five years of supervised probation. Rudolph was found guilty in October to second-degree involuntary manslaughter.
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According to court records, emergency responders were called to NE Todd George Parkway and NE Leinweber Road around 6 p.m. Saturday, June 24, 2023 .
Officers arrived and found a crash involving Rudolph’s car and a motorcycle ridden by Christopher M. Silvers.
A sheriff’s deputy who drove up on the crash was doing CPR on Silvers when police arrived.
Emergency crews rushed Silvers to a hospital where he later died.
Court documents show witnesses told police they noticed Rudolph’s car speeding before entering the intersection and hitting the motorcycle. They said it did not look like Rudolph slowed down or stopped.
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