«Breaking News» Former 'Bachelor' star Chris Soules pleads guilty to aggravated misdemeanor for fatal 2017 crash

The Iowa farmer who appeared on ABC's The Bachelor in 2015 has pleaded guilty to fleeing the scene of an accident that left a 66-year-old man dead.

Chris Soules, 37, rear-ended a tractor on April 24, 2017, killing Kenny Mosher.

The reality star called 911 and waited for first responders, but he left before police arrived. 

He was initially charged with a felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death - which Soules denied.  

But but when it was dropped to the aggravated misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in injury, he pleaded guilty.

The plea deal reached on the lesser included charge still leaves Soules with the possibility of up to two years behind bars, with sentencing set for January.

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Iowa farmer Chris Soules, 36 (left), who appeared on ABC's The Bachelor in 2015, pleased guilty on Tuesday to resolve the criminal charge against him related to a fatal crash from April 24, 2017 that took the life of 66-year-old Kenneth Mosher (right)

Mosher had been driving a John Deere tractor on the night of April 24, 2017, which Soules admitted to crashing into from behind.

Soules reported the accident to 911, identified himself, waited for paramedics and even administered CPR himself,  but he left the scene in a separate vehicle before police arrived and headed to his Arlington, Iowa home — which is against the law in Iowa.

Soules' attorney, Brandon Brown, noted in a statement that accompanied Soules' guilty please that the tractor Mosher was driving was not illuminated on the 'dark, overcast night' of his death.

'Although Iowa law requires slow-moving tractors to display flashing amber lights, neither Mr. Soules nor the independent witness to the accident saw any lights on the tractor,' Brown said.

'Based on witness testimony, the tractor could have been traveling as slow as 6 miles per hour at the time of the accident. Mr. Soules was traveling under the speed limit at the time of impact. At these speeds, law enforcement and collision experts concluded Mr. Soules reacted reasonably given the closing speed and known reaction time to seeing the slow-moving tractor. Mr. Soules found himself in an unavoidable accident.' 

Brown said that Soules was the only person on the scene to administer CPR to Mosher until paramedics arrives, stopping only 'once the compressions caused blood to come from Mr. Mosher’s mouth.'

Brown detailed how Soules talked with multiple people on the scene before leaving, which was before law enforcement arrived.  

'All of the on-scene witnesses agreed there was no indication whatsoever that Mr. Soules was impaired,' Brown said.

'No one, even the individuals who knelt in close proximity to Mr. Soules while he administered CPR smelled any alcohol or had any belief Mr. Soules had been drinking.' 

He was subsequently arrested at his house in connection with fleeing the scene of an accident.

The reality star didn't initially answer his door until he was served with a warrant, police said. 

Sentencing is set for January 8 at 1.30pm. 

Soules, who shot to fame as the star of the 19th season of The Bachelor, largely vanished from the public eye and social media after the incident, re-emerging with a post to his Instagram story in March, and not with an actual photo of himself until July 4 (pictured)

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Main photo article The Iowa farmer who appeared on ABC’s The Bachelor in 2015 has pleaded guilty to fleeing the scene of an accident that left a 66-year-old man dead.
Chris Soules, 37, rear-ended a tractor on April 24, 2017, killing Kenny Mosher.
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Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.

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