Family of Arizona State champion triathlete mowed down by drugged-up driver blasts killer’s 10-year prison sentence

Hannah Henry, a 26-year-old Arizona State University triathlon champion, was killed while cycling in a designated bike lane in Phoenix. Eric Hodge, who admitted striking her and leaving the scene, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and five years’ probation; her family said the sentence did not reflect the loss of her future.

Henry was training for a triathlon on 8 February when Hodge’s van swerved into the cycling lane and hit her. He told police he had taken fentanyl, had fallen asleep at the wheel and believed he had struck a fire hydrant; investigators later matched damage to his van with evidence from the crash. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Henry won the 2017 and 2018 collegiate national triathlon titles and represented Canada at the 2019 Pan American Games.