The crash occurred as the driver, who was live-streaming to Facebook with his phone, tried to switch lanes at 120 mph.
A Colorado man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a fatal crash he caused in 2018 with actions one attorney called"unconscionable and reckless." The sentence was laid down on Friday following his conviction in July.
Bryan Kirby, 44, will serve 15 years in prison for the accident he caused in October 2018, according to KDVR-TV. He had been driving on a highway in the greater Denver area at speeds of up to 167 miles per hour, all the while live-streaming his dangerous actions toDuring the video, Kirby frequently pointed the camera at his car's odometer, showing that he maintained speeds of between 120 and 150 mph for a period of seven minutes.
"Mr. Kirby's unconscionable and reckless actions took a life and destroyed a family," Mason said."My hope is this conviction will serve as a warning for others who even contemplate this kind of behavior. Put your phone down when you drive! And do not ever live-stream yourself driving a car. Mr. Kirby's behavior extinguished a life and now he's going to prison. This simply did not have to happen.
Mason added,"This family is devastated, this family will always be devastated, their loved one should be alive today. You have to put your phone down when you're driving, you just have to...We're addicted to our phones, we can't get enough of them. I look at the drivers around me and I see people on their phones and they are all accidents waiting to happen."involving a live-streaming occurred in the spring but had a more positive outcome.
Jarrett, who had become pinned under his ATV, began calling out the phone numbers and names of his family to his still-active live-stream. Because of that, Cotnoir, from about 800 miles away, was able to alert Jarrett's family and help save his life.
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