The Brief
- A man was sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted in a 2021 DUI crash that took the life of a motorcyclist in North Port, according to the state attorney’s office.
- Prosecutors say Zachary Richards, 38, was drinking at a bar for several hours before driving his work van on U.S. Highway 41 at over 95 mph with no headlights on.
- Richards crashed and killed a motorcyclist – who had also been drinking — near Palm Harbor Drive.
NORTH PORT, Fla. – A man convicted in a 2021 DUI crash that left a motorcyclist dead in North Port will spend nearly a decade in prison, according to the state attorney’s office.
What we know:
Prosecutors say on March 30, 2021, Zachary Richards, 38, was drinking at Linksters Tap Room for nearly seven hours before deciding to get behind the wheel of his work van.…