WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita doctor who drove three miles with a man’s body on top of his van after a fatal accident has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor.
Sixty-seven-year-old Mohammad Sarrafizadeh was given a one-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor vehicular homicide.
Sarrafizadeh was arrested in June, the day after his car struck and killed 31-year-old lawn service worker Ramon Martinez-Limon. The victim was thrown onto the vehicle’s roof, prompting witnesses to call police.
The Wichita Eagle reports Sarrafizadeh was driving his severely disabled daughter to her school the morning of the accident. His attorney said last fall that Sarrafizadeh had a stroke that made him unaware of the accident.
