{"id":320913,"date":"2026-06-26T18:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320913\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:14:32","slug":"woman-sentenced-to-29-years-in-death-of-cyclist-on-10-cent-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320913\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman sentenced to 29 years in death of cyclist on 10-Cent Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 The Martin County woman who <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/treasure-coast\/region-martin-county\/fatal-crash-involving-bicyclist-on-10-cent-bridge-in-martin-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">killed a cyclist on the 10-Cent Bridge<\/a> in 2024 was sentenced on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Elise Elder, 25, was given just over 29 years for the death of 67-year-old <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/treasure-coast\/region-martin-county\/community-lost-an-amazing-light-family-mourns-man-killed-in-10-cent-bridge-hit-and-run\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Martin Drummond<\/a> in June 2024. She was sentenced to 17 years for fleeing the scene, and just over 12 years for <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/treasure-coast\/region-martin-county\/woman-pleads-guilty-to-dui-manslaughter-in-2024-sewalls-point-hit-and-run-that-killed-bicyclist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DUI manslaughter<\/a>, for a total of 29 years and one-and-a-half months. <\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: <\/p>\n<p>Family mourns man killed in 10-Cent Bridge hit-and-run<\/p>\n<p>Florida Highway Patrol said Drummond was riding his bike east on A1A toward South Sewall&#8217;s Point Road \u2014 in the bike lane \u2014 at approximately 6:45 a.m. the morning of the crash, when Elder&#8217;s 2019 BMW 535I went into the bike lane and rear-ended the bicyclist. She then fled the scene and was arrested at her residence.<\/p>\n<p>Drummond, a well-known member of the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/region-martin-county\/stuart\/memorial-walk-honors-life-and-legacy-of-martin-drummond-man-killed-in-hit-and-run-crash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stuart community<\/a>, was the publisher of a local magazine and known as a mentor and spiritual leader.<\/p>\n<p>Elder was given one year probation and her license was revoked for life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 The Martin County woman who killed a cyclist on the 10-Cent Bridge in 2024&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[112283,112284,133062,28,5154,1160,112285,171,173,172,133063,179,12758],"class_list":["post-320913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-10-cent-bridge","tag-elise-elder","tag-elise-elder-sentencing","tag-florida","tag-hit-and-run","tag-martin-county","tag-martin-drummond","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-sewalls-point","tag-treasure-coast","tag-wptv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}