Man pleads guilty to striking, killing Australian satirist
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An Idaho man who struck and killed a renowned Australian humorist with his pickup truck will be sentenced in May after pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crash.
The Idaho Press-Tribune reports (https://goo.gl/6KSgH3 ) that 20-year-old Tristian Myers pleaded guilty last week in the death last October of Leslie Nassar.
He had been living in the small southwestern Idaho city of Nampa with his family.
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Nassar was a well-known social media and technology-engineering.
He ran a satirical news column for Crikey, an online magazine, and a comedic Twitter feed called Department of Australia.
Police said Myers left the scene and later called to report a hit-and-run and confessed when interviewed.
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Nassar's young daughters were with him at the time. They suffered minor injuries.
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Information from: Idaho Press-Tribune, http://www.idahopress.com