She received a sext 28 seconds before fatally hitting an 86-year-old man in crosswalk

A woman in her 20s was engaged in a flirtatious text-message conversation for more than 30 minutes when she allegedly received a final explicit message from the same number just 28 seconds before a fatal crash was reported to authorities, the World-Herald News Service reported.

Cattarina Stock, 24, of Belmont, Nebraska, allegedly struck 86-year-old Aldon Thieszen, of Holdrege, Nebraska at about 5 p.m. on June 29 as he was in a crosswalk. They said he later died at a Holdredge hospital.

She has been charged with felony vehicular homicide, reckless driving, using a hand-held wireless communication device and failing to yield to a pedestrian, according to the AP.

On Monday, the World-Herald reported that police discovered a flirtatious conversation had occurred between 4:08 p.m. and 4:47 p.m on June 29. Court records say that Stock said she did not see Thieszen and that “he came out of nowhere.”

A Nebraska trooper said in an arrest warrant affidavit that Stock did not remain aware of pedestrians, the AP reported, and that she was distracted by one message of a series of texts.

Stock is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 22, the World-Herald reported. If convicted, she faces up to three years and seven days in prison.

This story was originally published November 27, 2017 at 4:14 PM with the headline "She received a sext 28 seconds before fatally hitting an 86-year-old man in crosswalk."