Man gets 150 days in jail for crash that killed girl, 8

A driver who hit and killed an 8-year-old girl in northern Colorado has been sentenced to 150 days in jail followed by two years of probation.

The Times-Call reports 21-year-old Kyle Couch was sentenced Tuesday for the May 20 crash in Longmont that killed Peyton Knowlton, who was hit in a crosswalk as she rode her bike with her stepfather.

Couch, who pleaded guilty in March to careless driving and having a fake ID, was initially charged with several counts, including vehicular homicide and driving under the influence of marijuana. Prosecutors dropped all nine original counts because they did not think they could prove every fact that had been disputed.

Couch apologized in court Tuesday.