Man gets 15 years in prison after Zanesville teacher was fatally hit with stolen truck
ZANESVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 45-year-old man will serve at least 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing a Zanesville school teacher with a stolen truck.
Colt Lightfoot pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, grand theft and grand theft of a motor vehicle, burglary, receiving stolen property, and breaking and entering, according to the Muskingum County Prosecutor's Office.
Lightfoot was sentenced to 15 years in prison and received a lifetime suspension of his driver's license in connection to the death of 71-year-old Gary Frey.
The prosecutor's office said that the incident occurred on May 13 when Lightfoot was driving a stolen truck on U.S. Route 40 and hit Frey as he was driving a motorcycle. Lightfoot is alleged to have not yielded to traffic while turning left and fleeing the scene.
Medics arrived on the freeway and transported Frey -- who the prosecutor's office said was a school teacher for more than 40 years -- to a local hospital. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.