A Cary dentist will serve more than two years in prison after fatally striking a pedestrian last year, a Wake County judge ruled Friday.
Michael Kenneth Bielinski, 72, pleaded guilty in July to felony death by vehicle and driving while impaired in the Dec. 1, 2025, crash, court records show. Bielinski fatally injured 76-year-old Ann Swenson as she was out walking her dog near her home, The News & Observer previously reported. Swenson, who suffered a brain bleed and multiple other injuries, died days later.
State troopers were called to Countryview Lane near Yates Mill Pond Road about 4:30 p.m. that day after Bielinski’s Toyota RAV4 veered off the roadway, hitting Swenson, according to a search warrant in the case. Swenson was thrown about 75 feet by the impact; Bielinski was thought to have been traveling 35 mph in a 35 mph zone, a report by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner states…