Woman gets five years in prison for deadly crash in west Lincoln

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A woman was sentenced on Monday for a deadly crash in Lincoln last summer.

Vanessa Williams, 32, got five years in prison for motor vehicle homicide with reckless or willful reckless driving and two counts of possession of a controlled substance.

She will be eligible for parole in two years and three months. After she is released, she will be on probation for 18 months.

Williams was under the influence of multiple drugs on July 20, when she hit and killed 62-year-old John Gross.

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Williams was driving west on West O Street near Sun Valley Boulevard and crossed the median into the eastbound lanes.

Gross was sitting in the median, leaning against a traffic sign when he was hit.

He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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Officers found a pipe with burnt marijuana residue in the driver’s door of Williams’ car.

Williams was also in possession of methamphetamine and psilocybin mushrooms.

Investigators determined that she was “under the influence of Narcotics, Stimulants, and Depressants,” according to the affidavit.