KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A judge sentenced a man to just over five years in prison Tuesday in a hit-and-run crash in Douglas County that killed a 10-year-old girl.
Jose Meza pleaded guilty Sept. 15 in Douglas County Court to involuntary manslaughter and aggravated battery.
The deadly crash happened just after 5 p.m. on May 14 on East 1900 Road and Kansas Highway 10 between Lawrence and Eudora.
Brooklyn Brouhard, 10, of Eudora, was riding on a motorcycle driven by Barry Larson, her 54-year-old grandfather.
A white van driven by Meza struck the motorcycle, and Meza drove off from the scene.
Meza had been working in the area on a painting job, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
Brouhard died at a hospital, and her grandfather suffered serious injuries.
U.S. Marshals and Indiana State troopers arrested Meza about a month later in Martinsville, Indiana.
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