Cape woman convicted of vehicular homicide in street racing case
A Cape Coral woman was found guilty of vehicular homicide, a second-degree felony, in a street racing case dating back to 2024.
Anastasiya Zadorozhna, 29, was street racing when her vehicle crashed into another car, killing a 52-year-old man. Assistant State Attorneys Martin Stark and Andreas Gardiner, of the Homicide Unit, prosecuted the case and won the guilty verdict following a Lee County trial.
Anastasiya Zadorozhna
The fatal crash happened on July 19, 2024, on a portion of Pine Island Road in Cape Coral.
Evidence introduced at trial was video from a camera on Nicholas Parkway and Pine Island Road which showed two cars traveling at a high speed, racing each other. Chase Magruder, 23, also of Cape Coral, was the driver of the second car. In the video, a short distance away, Zadorozhna’s car collided with the victim’s vehicle after being hit by Magruder’s car.
Magruder hit Zadorozhna’s car when she drove into his lane.
Chase Magruder
Magruder pled straight to the court on his charge of vehicular homicide. It was not a plea agreement but rather his right to enter a plea straight to the judge for sentencing.
Magruder was sentenced on Aug. 19.
Zadorozhna will be sentenced on Sept. 28.