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Cambridge driver gets one year in jail for killing cyclist John Corcoran
Junming Zhu pleaded guilty to motor vehicle homicide in the 2024 crash that killed John Corcoran on Memorial Drive. A Cambridge District Court judge ordered Zhu to serve one year in jail and revoked his license for 15 years.
A driver who struck and killed cyclist John Corcoran on Memorial Drive in Cambridge in 2024 pleaded guilty to motor vehicle homicide Thursday and was sentenced to a term that includes one year in jail.
Junming Zhu, 28, was driving a Mercedes-Benz SUV that prosecutors said left the busy roadway and hit Corcoran as he rode an electric bicycle on a sidewalk near the Boston University boathouse.
In Cambridge District Court, Zhu received a two-and-a-half-year sentence, with one year to be served and the rest suspended for two-and-a-half years after his release. His driver’s license was revoked for 15 years.
The case brought renewed attention to the dangers faced by cyclists and has been a source of grief and a catalyst for protest in the Boston-area cycling community.