‘Have I hit a person?’: Bus driver who was asleep when he hit and killed 79-year-old pedestrian on Christmas Day learns fate

A Wisconsin bus driver will spend two years in prison for falling asleep and killing a septuagenarian pedestrian on Christmas Day.

In late January, Montrell Pharm, 53, pleaded no contest to one count each of homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle and reckless driving causing great bodily harm, court records show.

Pharm was sentenced by Milwaukee County Court Judge David Swanson on Thursday to two years in prison on each count to run concurrently, or at the same time. The relatively brief prison stint will be followed by three years of extended supervision for the incident that took the life of 79-year-old Robert Clemons in 2024…

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