PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WMDJ) — A Pike County woman convicted of second-degree manslaughter in connection with a fatal 2022 crash was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison.

Dusty Ratliff, 48, of Elkhorn City, was sentenced by Pike Circuit Judge Howard Keith Hall after a jury convicted her of second-degree manslaughter last month.

The five-year sentence was half of the 10-year prison term recommended by the jury following Ratliff's conviction.

Ratliff was convicted in connection with a July 2022 crash on Elkhorn Creek Road that resulted in the death of James Kelly.

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