Souderton Woman, 22, Sentenced To Prison In Worker's Death

FRANCONIA TOWNSHIP, PA — A 22-year-old woman has been sentenced to prison for striking two road workers with her car in 2017, killing one and severely injuring a second.

Luciana Stock, of Souderton, who was 20 at the time, will spend the next 11 to 23 months behind bars after being convicted of homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault by vehicle, careless driving, and related counts.

Stock has also been sentenced to five years of probation upon release.

The incident occurred in Sept. 2017 on West Broad Street in Souderton in front of an elementary school, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.

David Smith, 53, and Jeffrey Moyer, 46, both employees of the Franconia Township Highway Department, were in an established worksite repaving the road, the DA said. There were flashing orange traffic control cones present, as well as a highway department work truck with flashing warning lights, authorities said.

Stock was traveling westbound down West Broad in her 200 Oldsmobile Alero on her way to work in Hatfield, according to an affidavit of probable cause. As she later told police, she reached down for her cigarettes under the radio, and when she looked up a moment later the two victims were on her windshield.

Stock drove over an orange cone before striking the two men, according to the DA. She going about 39 miles per hour when she hit them; the speed limit is 35 miles per hour.

Stock tearfully apologized in court and told the families of the victims that she wished she could trade places with them, according to the Times Herald.

Moyer was flown to Temple University Hospital in critical condition. Smith, meanwhile, was taken to Grand View Hospital in Sellersville in very critical condition, and he passed away shortly thereafter.

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