SUMMERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A former Michigan State University basketball strength coach was sentenced to seven-to-15 years in prison for his role in a crash that killed a mother and daughter on U.S. 23 in Summerfield Township last summer.
Judge Micheal Weipert said “this was no accident, the message is not getting through - don’t text and drive”
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Todd Moyer, 38, the former associate strength and conditioning coach for MSU basketball, was texting and using his cellphone when he crashed his 2007 Dodge Ram into a Hyundai Elantra on southbound U.S. 23.
The Elantra was pushed into the back of a Toyota Solara, police said. Moyer's truck also hit a Cadillac CTS, according to police. Gladys Johnson and her daughter, Za'Kira Johnson, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The vehicles were on U.S. 23 heading toward Toledo and were entering a construction zone. When traffic was slowing down to merge Moyer was driving nearly 80 mph.
Prosecutors said Moyer was never remorseful, that he never called police and was back on his phone within minutes of the crash.