PLATTE CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Kansas City teenager has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for causing a fatal accident while texting.
The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/165DKVj ) reports Rachel N. Gannon pleaded guilty in May 2012 when she was 17 to second-degree involuntary manslaughter, third-degree assault and violating the Missouri law that prohibits motorists 21 or younger from texting while driving.
The accident killed 72-year-old Loretta Larimer of Camden Point. Gannon told police she was looking at her phone when she lost control of her vehicle.
A judge initially placed Gannon on five years' probation and ordered her to serve 48 hours of "shock time" in jail, find a job, serve 72 days of house arrest and perform 300 hours of community service.
Authorities say she has violated that parole.