A Connecticut man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for striking and killing a skateboarder with his pickup truck and then driving away from the scene.
Rocco Barile, of Enfield, was sentenced Thursday in the homicide of Jeremy Mercier.
The 20-year-old Mercier was struck while riding his skateboard on Route 5 in Enfield in December 2016.
Barile pleaded guilty in September to evidence tampering, negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and evading responsibility.
Barile’s attorney Trent Lalima, asked for probation, saying his client had no criminal record and a strong work record.
