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TOPEKA (KSNT) – A Topeka man is being sentenced Thursday following a deadly crash in the Capital City on Christmas Day last year that left one man dead. Shawnee County District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Katie Garceran told 27 News in a written statement that Justice Cox is being sentenced to 46 months in prison and 24 months of post-release supervision Thursday, June 13 for his part in a deadly crash in 2023. The crash resulted in the death of 23-year-old Brett Joynt. According to Garceran, Cox plead guilty to the following charges: One count of involuntary manslaughter- commission of a crime (32 months) One count of flee or attempt to elude police- felony (7 months) One count of interference with a law enforcement officer- false information (7 months)

A woman accused of hitting and killing a man on a freeway allegedly googled news of the crash in the hours after, before bringing her car to be fixed at an auto repair shop more than an hour away, officials said in documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained. Rachel Terranova, 27, faces a charge of duty to stop at the scene of an accident involving death, documents said. Police arrested her on May 30. On Sunday, April 28, a person called police saying there was a deceased person on the 215 Beltway near the Far Hills offramp, documents said. Officers learned a person in a Honda Civic collided with Darrel Pingleton, 35, of Alpine, California, who was walking near the offramp