A Jefferson County District Court judge sentenced a 20-year-old to six years in prison this week for a drunken driving crash on Colorado 93 that killed a Littleton woman.
Sage Valentine pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide related to reckless driving and DUI in March for the crash on Feb. 20, 2025, according to the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
The crash happened at 6 a.m. when Valentine, driving 60 mph southbound in a Toyota 4Runner near mile marker 2 north of Golden, crossed into the northbound lane. Valentine hit two other vehicles before crashing head-on into a vehicle driven by 64-year-old Cynthia “Cindy” Myers. Myers was killed in the crash, the DA’s office said.
Colorado State Patrol investigators found evidence that Valentine was drinking in Boulder the night before and had not slept before driving to work early that morning.
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Myers’ husband, Greg Myers, spoke during Valentine’s sentencing hearing on Monday and said his wife was months away from retirement when she was killed, the district attorney’s office said in a news release.
Valentine also pleaded guilty to a traffic infraction for not having insurance. Prosecutors dismissed one misdemeanor count of DUI as part of the plea agreement.
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