Man Sentenced to Jail for Fatally Striking Elderly Canadian Couple in San Diego

The Santa Barbara County Detention and Correctional Facility is seen in Santa Barbara, Calif., on June 12, 2005. David McNew/Getty Images

SAN DIEGO—A man who fatally struck a married couple near Liberty Station with his SUV last year was sentenced March 3 to six months in county jail, plus two years of probation.

Kevin William Thomer, 36, pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for the Jan. 19, 2022, deaths of Alberta, Canada residents Jerome Zimmer, 71, and Madelyn Zimmer, 69.