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Jury reaches verdict in Senser hit-and-run case

Published: May 3, 2012 Comment on this article

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has reached a verdict in its third day of deliberations in the fatal hit-and-run trial of Amy Senser, the wife of ex-Minnesota Viking Joe Senser.

photo - Amy Senser, center, arrives at the Hennepin County Government center for her trial Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in Minneapolis. Senser, 45, of Edina, Minn., is charged with three felony counts of criminal vehicular homicide plus a misdemeanor count of careless driving stemming from the Aug. 23 death of Anousone Phanthavong, who was struck and killed on a freeway exit ramp. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores) ST. PAUL OUT MINNEAPOLIS-AREA TV OUT MAGS OUT

Amy Senser, center, arrives at the Hennepin County Government center for her trial Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in Minneapolis. Senser, 45, of Edina, Minn., is charged with three felony counts of criminal vehicular homicide plus a misdemeanor count of careless driving stemming from the Aug. 23 death of Anousone Phanthavong, who was struck and killed on a freeway exit ramp. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores) ST. PAUL OUT MINNEAPOLIS-AREA TV OUT MAGS OUT

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The jury's decision was to be read Thursday afternoon.

Jurors have been sequestered since deliberations began. Senser is charged with three felony counts of criminal vehicular homicide and one misdemeanor count of careless driving in the Aug. 23 death of Thai restaurant chef Anousone Phanthavong (ah-NOO'-sahn PAN'-tah-wong).

Prosecutors say she must have known she struck the Roseville man as he stood beside his stalled car on a Minneapolis freeway ramp. Senser says she had no idea she hit him until much later.