Friday, July 16, 1999
Woman to do service time in crash that killed friend
BY TOM McCANN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LEBANON — A Centerville High School student who drove into the path of a garbage truck in March, killing her best friend, pleaded no contest Thursday to a vehicular homicide charge.
Warren County Court Judge Dallas Powers sentenced 18-year-old Lindsay Kiefaber of Centerville to 40 hours of community service and suspended her license for 90 days, except for driving to work and school.
Miss Kiefaber and Kristen Knapp, 18, also of Centerville, were driving south on Ohio 48 shortly after 2 p.m. March 12. Miss Kiefaber inadvertently ran a red light in front of the Warren County Career Center and was struck broadside by a Rumpke garbage truck traveling on Ohio 122. The impact ripped the passenger door off and hurled Miss Knapp from the car. She died at the scene.
Her father, Mike Knapp, begged the judge for leniency for Miss Kiefaber. He said he forgave her for his daughter's death.
“Lindsay's a caring and loving girl, one of my daughter's best friends,” Mr. Knapp said. “It was an accident. She has suffered and will continue to suffer all her life because of this, but I want to help her heal.”
Miss Kiefaber will have to juggle her community service work with starting college in the fall. She graduated from Centerville High School in June.
The two girls left before classes ended that day and were joyriding in Miss Kiefaber's Chevy Cavalier, playing the music loud and not paying attention to the road, Mr. Knapp said. Alcohol was not a factor in the crash.
“She made a mistake, but it certainly wasn't intentional,” Mr. Knapp said.
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