COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A Council Bluffs man has been sentenced to five years in prison for a hit-and-run crash last year that killed an 8-year-old boy. Television station KETV in Omaha, Nebraska, reports that 37-year-old Troy Pokorny was sentenced Thursday in Pottawattamie County District Court after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of a personal injury accident. Police say Pokorny was behind the wheel when he hit 8-year-old Quintin Brownfield in a Council Bluffs intersection, then fled the scene as the boy lay on the ground bleeding from a head wound. The boy was rushed to a hospital in Omaha, where he died. Pokorny had originally been charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident.
Man gets prison for hit-and-run that killed 8-year-old boy
By Mandy Billings
Mar 12, 2021 | 12:36 PM
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