ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An Albuquerque woman has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for a car crash that fatally injured a prominent doctor.
Sara Casados was convicted Thursday of careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
The Albuquerque Journal reports Casados was driving more than 70 mph (113 kph) when she crashed into Dr. Teodora Konstantinova’s car on January 2016.
Casados’ lawyer Ousama Rasheed says Casados was suffering from a medical episode and had unsuccessfully sought treatment in the weeks before the crash.
Prosecutor Guinevere Ice asked for the maximum sentence and said that Casados hadn’t shown remorse or apologized for what happened.
Casados says court orders prevented her from reaching out to Konstantinova’s family to apologize.
___
Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com
Please read our comment policy before commenting.