Thread: Man sentenced for hit-and-run crash that killed Eudora girl | Brooklyn Brouhard

Man sentenced for hit-and-run crash that killed Eudora girl | Brooklyn Brouhard

https://fox4kc.com/news/man-sentence...d-eudora-girl/

Summary:
November 8, 2022

LAWRENCE, Kan. — An Overland Park man is sentenced to nearly six years in prison for a hit-and-run crash that killed a 10-year-old girl from Eudora.

Jose Alfredo Galiano-Meza, 29, hit a motorcycle in Douglas County on May 14.

Ten-year-old Brooklyn Brouharddied of her injuries. She was a passenger on the motorcycle driven by her grandfather Barry Larson, 54, of Eudora, who was also injured.

Police later determined Meza was in Lawrence the day of the crash for a painting job. He was driving back to the Kansas City when he hit Larson’s motorcycle.

Officers arrested him in Indiana about a month after the deadly crash.

At the time of the arrest, Douglas County Sheriff Jay Armbrister described Meza as an undocumented worker and said he has been deported twice.