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A Lombard man was sentenced to 6 months in jail Friday for causing a 2019 crash that left an 80-year-old woman dead in DuPage County.
Todd Heidenthal, 50, pleaded guilty to one count of reckless homicide on Sept. 17, 2021, the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office said in a statement.
On Nov. 8, 2019, Heidenthal was eastbound about 7 a.m. on 35th Street between Midwest Road and Route 83 when he crossed over a double yellow line into oncoming traffic to pass a vehicle in front of him, prosecutors said.
While attempting to pass, Heidenthal crashed head-on into a car driven by Florence Hsiao, killing her, prosecutors said.
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A previous version reported prosecutors had agreed to a sentence-recommendation cap.
A Lombard man was sentenced Friday to six months in jail for killing a woman in a crash when he passed in a no-passing zone.
DuPage County Judge Daniel Guerin also sentenced Todd Heidenthal, 50, to 30 months of probation and to undergo anger-management treatment, according to court records.
The 2019 crash killed Florence Hsiao, 78, of Westmont. I am deeply distraught, Heidenthal told Guerin during a presentencing hearing Wednesday. I wish that I could change things. I had no intent on harming anybody that day.
Heidenthal said he would understand if Hsiao s daughter couldn t forgive him.
Sentencing Friday for Lombard man charged with reckless homicide Todd Heidenthal
Updated 3/10/2021 4:27 PM
A Lombard man will be sentenced Friday on a charge of reckless homicide stemming from a crash that killed a Westmont woman in November 2019.
Testimony was presented at a hearing Wednesday about the November 2019 crash, in which Todd Heidenthal was accused of passing in a no-passing zone in Oak Brook, hitting a car head-on. Florence Hsiao, 68, was killed.
DuPage County Assistant State s Attorney Lee Roupas is asking for a five-year prison sentence. Heidenthal s attorney, Rick Kayne, has requested probation.