Man Gets Life Plus 342 Years For Killing State Patrol Cadet

BOULDER — A man who hit and killed a Colorado State Patrol cadet and injured a trooper while fleeing from police will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Twenty-eight-year-old Christopher Gebers was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison plus 342 years in Boulder for killing Taylor Thyfault (TEE'-foe) and injuring Trooper Clinton Rushing. Relatives of the two men testified during the hearing in which Gebers apologized for the May 2015 crash near Longmont. Related: Funeral services scheduled for Colorado state trooper, lengthy procession expected Thyfault and Rushing were working at an unrelated crash when Gebers hit them.

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