MANHATTAN – A Kansas man, who agreed to a plea deal for the charge of vehicular homicide, was sentenced in Riley County court on Monday.

Derek Kesler, 33, Rossville, was sentence to 12 months at the Riley County Jail, but parole would be granted after 22 weekends (or 44 days) in jail. Parole would be granted for a year, and Kesler will also pay $2,500 fine.

Kesler was driving a truck and hit 49-year-old Mark Jilka, Manhattan, who was riding his bicycle on Kansas Highway 177 south of Manhattan

Reports say that Kesler said in a voluntary statement that he was typing a location into his phone’s GPS when his truck hit Kesler.