{"id":377732,"date":"2026-08-21T19:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377732\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T19:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:08:10","slug":"woman-found-guilty-of-vehicular-homicide-in-2024-cape-coral-street-racing-crash-awaits-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377732\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman found guilty of vehicular homicide in 2024 Cape Coral street racing crash, awaits sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woman found guilty of vehicular homicide in 2024 Cape Coral street racing crash, awaits sentence<\/p>\n

\"CarsonCAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

A woman has been found guilty of vehicular homicide in a 2024 Cape Coral street-racing crash that killed a 52-year-old man.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, a Lee County jury returned a guilty verdict for Anastasiya Zadorozhna, 29, after a trial. Assistant State Attorneys Mark Stark and Andreas Gardiner prosecuted the case.<\/p>\n

The crash occurred on July 19, 2024, on Pine Island Road. Evidence shown at the trial included a video from a camera on Nicholas Parkway and Pine Island Road that showed two cars traveling at a high speed, with the drivers racing each other.<\/p>\n

During the street race, Zadorozhna’s car crashed into the victim’s car, killing the 52-year-old man, court notes show. <\/p>\n

Zadorozhna’s co-defendant, Chase Magruder, who was in the other car involved in the race, hit Zadorozhna’s car when she drove into his lane during the crash. Magruder pleaded no <\/a>contest t<\/a>o his charge of vehicular homicide and was sentenced to one year in prison on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Zadorozhna is set to be sentenced on September 28, 2026.<\/p>\n

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