Teen Found Guilty in Fatal Crash for Failing to Yield, Judge Rules

A magistrate in Iowa City has convicted 17-year-old Jonathan J.F. McCaffery, son of University of Iowa men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery, of failing to yield to a pedestrian in a fatal crash. McCaffery struck and killed a jogger in a marked crosswalk on May 22. The magistrate ruled that McCaffery did not comply with common law requirements and failed to meet the standards of a reasonable driver. Sentencing is scheduled for October 13.