BOULDER, Colo. — Eight months after champion Boulder cyclist Magnus White was killed in a devastating roadway collision, the accused driver's plea and trial date was delayed Friday.
The postponement was ordered by 20th Judicial District Court Judge Patrick Butler in order for Yeva Smilianska's attorneys to have time to review 70 hours of law enforcement body-cam footage.
White, a 17-year-old cycling phenom, was killed on a paved portion of Highway 119 and North 63rd Street July 29 when investigators said Smilianska's Toyota Matrix slammed into him.
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”Based on the totality of circumstances, it appears most likely that Smilianska was asleep at the time of the crash,” according to a Colorado State Patrol affidavit.
Magnus' parents, Jill and Michael White, were in the courtroom for the hearing and issued a strong statement to remind the court that their son's death was a crime and not an accident.
"The driver's decision to not enter a plea at this time and file a motion to extend the proceedings does not surprise us. It only delays the outcome of the case and prolongs our suffering. Each court appearance continues to, and will continue to take us back to reliving the day Magnus was killed," they said.
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