FINNEY COUNTY —A Kansas man convicted of vehicular homicide for the death of a southwest Kansas teen in 2023 has been sentenced.
Craig William Potts, 37, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 18 months supervised probation, according to the Finney County Attorney's office. He pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide, a class A person misdemeanor.
The sentence as described by Honorable Judge Rebecca Faurot, ” The defendant shall serve 12 months in the Finney County Jail suspended for the duration of supervised probation with Court Services. Supervised probation is for 18 months; standard conditions of probation apply. The defendant will serve 30 days in jail as a condition his probation. Jail time may be served in two 15-day blocks within three months. The defendant is to pay court costs and probation fees. The defendant is ordered to immediately surrender his CDL. Due to an ongoing civil suit, all restitution shall be determined by the presiding civil court.”
Just after 4p.m. on March 13, 2023, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Peterbilt semi driven by Potts was eastbound on U.S. 50 just east of North Campus Drive.
The semi traveled left of center and collided head-on with a westbound 2013 Fiat 500 driven by Cassandra K. Linder, 16, Garden City. Both vehicles came to rest north of the roadway.
EMS transported both drivers to St. Catherine Hospital where Linder was pronounced deceased. She was properly restrained, according to the KHP.