EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois woman will serve two years of probation after admitting she recklessly caused her brother’s death when he fell from a car she was driving.
Twenty-eight-year-old Jennifer Guffey of Glen Carbon pleaded guilty Tuesday in Madison County and was also sentenced to a $500 fine shortly after being charged with reckless homicide.
Investigators believe 29-year-old William Lawson of Glen Carbon died last November while engaging in horseplay by standing on the trunk of the moving car. He died the next day at a St. Louis hospital.
Authorities say alcohol played a role in the accident.
A plea deal was worked out before Guffey was charged.
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