LEWISTON (AP) — A Maine man has pleaded no contest to charges he left the scene after fatally striking a Paris woman with his truck last year.
The Sun Journal reports that 28-year-old Kevin Scribner of Harrison accepted a plea agreement Thursday on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury or death.
The agreement calls for him to serve 90 days in jail. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 27.
Police say Scribner told investigators he was texting just before the September crash that killed 21-year-old Brittany Stanhope in Turner. Authorities say Stanhope was reaching for something in her car when she was hit by Scribner’s pickup truck.
Investigators say Scribner was urged by his parents to contact police after seeing news reports about the crash.
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