A Hyde Park man was sentenced to prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to manslaughter while driving impaired on drugs back in December 2025.
Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony P. Parisi says 47-year-old Richard Rider was sentenced to 7 1/2 to 15 years in prison for the vehicular manslaughter charge, and 1 1/3 to four years on the driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of drugs charge.
The crash happened on Albany Post Road in Hyde Park.
Prosecutors say Rider was on multiple drugs when he crashed his pickup truck head-on into a car driven by Alijah Johnson.