A 27-year-old woman has pleaded guilty in the death of a beloved cyclist who was killed nearly two years while riding in Leeds.

Amber Lynette Green on Wednesday pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, a misdemeanor, and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, a felony. She entered a blind plea, which means there was no agreement as to her sentence.

Green was sentenced to five years on the leaving the scene of an accident conviction, and one year in state prison on the criminally negligent homicide conviction.

Jefferson County Circuit Judge Michael Street ordered the sentences to run concurrently.

Green was booked into the Jefferson County Jail Wednesday to await transfer to state prison.

The deadly hit-and-run crash happened on Dec. 15, 2021, killing 59-year-old retired veterinarian and avid cyclist Mark Lyle Miller.

Miller was cycling westbound on U.S. 78 about 5:45 p.m. that Wednesday when he was struck by Green’s SUV. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 6:01 p.m.

According to authorities and court documents, Miller was cycling in the right westbound lane. He was wearing a reflective vest and his bicycle had working lights that were in use.

Green was also driving in the same lane when she struck him and did not stop. Witnesses told police she never braked or stopped.

Parts of her Ford SUV were left at the scene, and authorities immediately began searching for the vehicle with heavy front-end damage, especially to the radiator. Investigators found a mile-long trail of antifreeze after the suspect fled the scene.

The following day, authorities received an anonymous tip through 911 that a vehicle matching that description was at a residence in Trussville. The damage to the vehicle was consistent with what authorities expected to find.

Investigators determined the vehicle belonged to Green. She had told acquaintances that she had hit a deer on her way home from work and left that vehicle at a friend’s house. The damage to the front end and windshield was partially covered by a tarp.

Green told detectives she didn’t know what she hit and that when she saw the news of Miller’s death, she thought it was just a coincidence.

She was charged two days after the fatal crash.

Those who knew Miller said they and the entire cycling community were devastated by his death.

“One of the things that hits me the most about his death,’’ said close friend and fellow cyclist Tony Robbins shortly after Miller’s death, “is he never had a negative word to say about anything or anybody. The future was always bright.”

Miller cycled more than 15,000 miles a year in recent years and last year completed more than 17,000 miles.

Miller was described as kind and genuine.

“He was giving and caring,’’ Robbins said. “He was a meaningful contributor and a super human being.”