MADISON, WI : Driver pleads guilty in deadly Madison crash involving bicyclist on Tuesday, 20th June 2023

The Sun Prairie woman accused of killing a bicycle rider while she was driving under the influence last year on Madison’s west side pleaded guilty Tuesday, according to court records.

Okima Jones, 43, pleaded guilty to homicide by negligent operation/vehicle and operating with a PAC >=0.15. A sentencing hearing for the first charge will be held on Oct. 13. Jones faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and/or a $25,000 fine. She was handed a $150 fine for the second charge.

According to the original MPD reports, officers responded shortly before 4 a.m., on June 7, 2022, to the intersection of Mineral Point Road and S. High Point Road after receiving reports a wreck involving a pedestrian. When they arrived, investigators determined that a vehicle hit a bicyclist.

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