What a horrible way to die. Poor man.

Then backed up over him, which still didn't kill him. Unreal.

That's more common than most would care to know. Unless you're bouncing your skull off windshields/roads with no helmet (or rolling your torso into paste under), collisions are usually not immediately fatal.

Judge said it's a life sentence crime.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61890557 This state attorney general got "misdemeanor traffic" charges after drunkenly hitting and killing a man. He claims it was a deer but the guy's glasses were in his car after the hit!

In the US, there may not have been reporting