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A 23-year-old lady has been charged with murder for the loss of life of a teenage bicycle owner earlier this yr.

Boulder resident Yeva Smilianska faces a cost of vehicular murder for the loss of life of 17-year-old Magnus White, who was fatally struck by a automobile whereas driving his bicycle in July. The Boulder County District Legal professional’s Workplace introduced Wednesday that Smilianska had been arrested and brought to the Boulder County Jail, in keeping with a information launch.

White was a promising younger bicycle owner who had earned a spot on the U.S. Mountain Bike World Championships workforce. Based on a police investigation, Smilianska was “asleep on the time of the crash.” Boulder County District Legal professional Michael Dougherty stated White’s household deserved justice for his tragic loss of life.

“The lifetime of Magnus White was reduce tragically quick,” Dougherty stated. “His loss of life is devastating for his household, associates, and the biking group. Our workplace is dedicated to preventing for the precise final result.”

Smilianska was scheduled to look earlier than a decide on Wednesday for her preliminary listening to. If convicted, Smilianska faces as much as 6 years in jail.

Magnus White was a promising off-road rider for USA Biking; (picture/USA Biking)

‘Very Little Sleep’

Smilianska obtained “little or no sleep” the evening earlier than White’s loss of life on July 29, in keeping with a 14-page arrest affidavit detailing the police investigation.

She reportedly stayed up till 6 a.m. at a good friend’s home in Longmont, Colo. On the morning of White’s loss of life, Smilianska texted a good friend 20 minutes earlier than the crash that she was “falling asleep” after which began the half-hour drive to Boulder.

At about 12:33 p.m., Magnus White was struck by a automobile whereas biking southbound on Colo. 119, referred to as the Diagonal Freeway.

The collision befell simply south of the 63rd Road intersection. That’s the place Yeva Smilianska, driving a Toyota Matrix, veered from the right-hand lane onto the shoulder, colliding with White’s Trek Mannequin Emonda SL 7 bicycle, in keeping with Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gabriel Moltrer. A number of witnesses reported seeing Smilianska’s automobile veer onto the shoulder earlier than the collision.

White was ejected from his bicycle and rushed to a hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless. On the time of the incident, Smilianska was the only real occupant of her automobile. Colorado State Patrol additionally discovered no proof of steering issues with the automobile or that Smilianska had used the brakes earlier than colliding with White.

Smilianska stated that she didn’t see White earlier than the incident and skilled a way of psychological haziness through the collision, in keeping with the affidavit.

In a press release shared with The Denver Submit, Magnus’s household stated they accepted the cost filed towards Smilianska.

“Smilianska willfully and consciously selected to get behind the wheel of her automobile, participating in reckless driving habits that resulted within the deadly collision into our son Magnus who was struck from behind and ejected from his bicycle,” White’s mother and father wrote in a press release.