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Former Colorado School of Mines professor pleads driving into and killing Golden police officer

A former Colorado School of Mines professor will go to prison for the deadly DUI crash that killed a Golden police officer last year.

Stephen Geer, 44, plead guilty to charges of vehicular homicide - DUI in the killing of Officer Evan Dunn and vehicular assault DUI for injuries caused to others.

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File photo of Stephen Geer in the Jefferson County Courthouse.   CBS

Geer's vehicle careened into Dunn and three other people on the side of Highway 58 on a snowy night in early November. Dunn and his partner, Officer Bethany Grusing, were investigating a different car crash.

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Golden Police Officer Evan Dunn Golden Police Department

In January Geer is scheduled for a sentencing hearing where he will be given a sentence of between 4 and 18 years in prison.

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