Man pleads guilty to fleeing scene of deadly motorcycle accident; sentenced to 20 years.
A Stephenville man pleaded guilty Monday to fleeing the scene of a deadly motorcycle accident that left a young woman dead last year.
Trey Austin Phillips pleaded guilty to accident involving death in the July 2025 incident and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
According to the arrest warrant obtained by Beneath the Surface News, DPS Trooper Troy Bridier was dispatched to a motorcycle crash on County Road 490 in Erath County on July 12, 2025.
When Bridier arrived on scene, according to the affidavit, he found the motorcycle lying on the ground near a pipe fence, and a young woman identified as Kelsey Burton, lying near the motorcycle with serious injuries.
Burton was transported by air to a Fort Worth hospital, where she passed away the following day.
The warrant states that a witness living near the accident scene told the investigator that Phillips came to her home with what appeared to be blood on him and stated that he had been in an accident, then fled the scene.
Phillips has a long criminal history dating back to 2011 when he was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
He also faced charges in 2015 for assault with a deadly weapon, criminal trespass and escape from custody.
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