A driver who hit and killed an 11-year-old Crowheart girl after she got off a school bus has been sentenced to 300 days in jail. William "Dean" Barnes of Lander was sentenced Thursday for the Dec. 20, 2011, death of MaKayla Marie Strahle. A jury had acquitted Barnes of aggravated vehicular homicide but convicted him of homicide by vehicle, a misdemeanor. Barnes struck MaKayla as she crossed a highway after getting off the bus. His attorneys argued it was foggy at the time and their client did not see the flashing red lights. Barnes, who must pay about $13,000 in restitution, was convicted of traveling too fast for the conditions and of passing a stopped school bus with flashing lights.
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