It's back to prison for the motorist who struck a Seattle bicyclist near St. Helens, Oregon, in the 2007 Seattle-to-Portland bike ride.
The Oregonian reports that Daniel B. Whittlinger, 41, of Portland was convicted of two counts of second-degree assault, one count of third-degree assault, and driving under the influence of intoxicants.
He was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison; he had previously served 13 years in an Oregon prison for a 1989 murder before he was paroled.
At the wheel of his Jeep on July 15, 2007, the motorist drifted off US Route 30 and struck Gerald Marvin of Seattle, who suffered two broken vertabrae, cuts on his head and a partially collapsed lung. Two other cyclists that Marvin crashed into also were injured.
The Jeep driver stopped briefly, then took off. He was arrested later by police. Read reaction the crash.
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