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Man sentenced to prison in 2021 crash that killed bicyclist in Weston

Oion Skyvel Johnson was sentenced to two years in prison and 10 years of probation in the vehicular homicide case

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A New York man was sentenced to prison Tuesday in a 2021 crash in Weston that killed a woman on a bicycle.

Oion Skyvel Johnson was sentenced to two years in prison and 10 years of probation in the vehicular homicide case.

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Broward Sheriff's Office officials said 44-year-old Sunny LaValle was riding in the bicycle lane along Bonaventure Boulevard on May 23, 2021, when Johnson ran into her.

Investigators later found out Johnson had been sleep-deprived and had consumed alcohol before the crash.

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Johnson, now 27, was arrested in Syracuse, New York, in December 2021 and extradited to Broward.

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