Selkirk, NY – A woman was sentenced for causing a fatal collision while not taking her anti-seizure medication. Jacklyn Parker, 25, pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide following a crash that killed 60-year-old Colleen Selkirk on August 19.
Parker, driving on River Road, experienced an epileptic seizure that led her to cross the center line and collide with Selkirk’s vehicle. Both Parker and her passenger survived but sustained non-life-threatening injuries, while Selkirk was pronounced dead at the scene.
Prosecutors revealed that Parker had been warned by her doctor against operating a vehicle without her medication. Following the collision, it was reported that she had not taken her medication for over a week.
After entering her plea in July, Parker was set to receive her sentence in September but faced additional charges for driving while intoxicated that month, which prosecutors requested be considered during sentencing.
At the hearing, she apologized to Selkirk’s family. Katherine Giordano, Selkirk’s daughter, expressed her pain over the loss, recalling how children in the family still ask about their grandmother.
Parker received a sentence of 16 months to four years in prison, a longer term than initially anticipated.
