(KAIR)--A Leavenworth man, found responsible for the death of another man while drag racing on a stolen motorcycle, is going to prison.  

Justen McCarter was sentenced this week in Leavenworth County District Court to 3 ½ years in prison for involuntary manslaughter and possession of a stolen motorcycle.  

A release from Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson explains that the fatal accident happened March 1, 2020, when the stolen motorcycle, ridden by McCarter, struck and killed Adam Wheeler as Wheeler was crossing the street at 12th and Ottawa, in Leavenworth.  

The motorcycle was found 150 feet away from where McCarter was laying after the collision, with witnesses confirming for authorities that McCarter was drag racing at the time of the wreck.  

Wheeler lost his life, while McCarter lost an arm, in the fatal crash.  

Thompson, in the release, calls the crash “an irresponsible and reprehensible tragedy.”