A judge sentenced a woman on Monday to six years in prison following a fatal car crash that killed a 64-year-old Littleton woman.

First Judicial District Judge Andrew Poland sentenced Sage Valentine following her guilty pleas to charges incurred in the Feb. 20, 2025, crash that killed Cynthia “Cindy” Myers of Littleton.

“Cindy’s death destroyed our plans and everything we had worked to achieve for 28 years,” her husband, Greg Myers, said in court, according to a news release from the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

The crash occurred at 6 a.m. that day when Valentine crossed into oncoming traffic in her Toyota 4Runner at 60 mph, hitting two additional cars before colliding with Myers’s vehicle on Highway 93 in unincorporated Jefferson County. Myers was killed on impact, according to the release.

Investigators determined that Valentine drank alcohol the night before the crash and did not sleep before driving that morning. The toxicology report found that her blood alcohol content (BAC) was between .095 and .143 at the time of the crash, nearly twice the legal limit, according to the news release.

Valentine was charged in July 2025 with vehicular homicide (DUI); vehicular homicide (reckless driving); DUI, and not having insurance.

She pleaded guilty to all but the DUI charge in March of this year.

Myers’ stepdaughter spoke about the impact her death will have on her grandchildren at the sentencing on Monday.

“My youngest daughter may one day forget the sound of Cindy’s voice or the details of the memories they shared. She may need a photograph just to remember her face,” according to the news release. “That is something no child should ever lose, and it was taken from her.”

Deputy District Attorney Conrad Glover “emphasized that digital evidence recovered during the investigation showed Valentine acknowledging that she was impaired before choosing to drive and repeatedly insisting to a witness that she was capable of driving home safely,” the release said.

“A decision that destroyed a family and cost Cindy Myers her life,” Glover said in the release.

Glover also argued that the case warranted a 10-year sentence in the Department of Corrections. The maximum sentence Poland could have imposed is 12 years.