KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — The Mattawan woman who backed over a gas pump and killed a man in January at the Speedway on South Westnedge Avenue near Denway Drive in Kalamazoo will not do any jail time.
Joan Temple, 75, was given two years of probation and will lose her driver’s license for a year.
Judge Christopher Haenicke determined Temple has been remorseful and nothing would be served by sending her to jail.
In victim impact statements, family members of 53-year-old Michael Seyoum thought Temple should go to jail, or at least lose her license forever.
Temple will also do 250 hours of community service and pay Seyoum’s family restitution for the funeral.
