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Man Who Killed Minnesota Cyclist Warns Of Distracted Driving

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A South Dakota man who killed a 33-year-old bicyclist on a road in southwestern Minnesota last summer is warning others of the dangers of distracted driving.

Twenty-seven-year-old Christopher Weber of Brandon, South Dakota, pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide for the crash that killed Andrea Boeve on June 30, 2014. Weber just finished a six-month jail sentence and will serve three more months next year and three more in 2017.

Minnesota Public Radio News ( ) reports Weber came to St. Paul Monday as part of the Minnesota State Patrol’s campaign against distracted driving.

Weber said he had been calling his bank to make a loan payment and only looked at his phone for a split second. He said he didn’t see the woman riding her bike alongside the highway, pulling her two daughters in a bike trailer.

Both girls survived.

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Information from: Minnesota Public Radio News,

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