Davenport man gets prison for running over woman

DAVENPORT (AP) — A Davenport man has been given 10 years in prison for running over his estranged girlfriend and killing her.

Thirty-seven-year-old Eric Olsen had been convicted of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal accident. He was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years for the homicide and five years for leaving the scene. The sentences are to be served at the same time.

The body of 38-year-old Wanda Weldy was found in the middle of a Davenport street on Jan. 17. She’d received a protection order against Olsen the week before she died. They had been living together.

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