Robert Bradley (Henderson County Judicial Records)

A Eustace man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for murder in connection with running over another man with his vehicle.

A Henderson County jury convicted Robert Clayton Bradley, 30, and sentenced him to the punishment on Tuesday.

On May 30, 2018, Bradley was driving on Farm-to-Market Road 2709 outside of Eustace when Rodney Abbott, 30, of Eustace, was walking on the road. Bradley drove past Abbott, went up the hill and turned around, Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said.

Bradley then hit Abbott and killed him. They were friends who had some kind of altercation the night before and morning of the incident, Hillhouse said.