SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A man who pleaded guilty to a hit-and-run crash that killed a 2-year-old Syracuse girl and injured her father and brother has been sentenced to three to nine years in prison.
Twenty-year-old Felix Santos was sentenced Tuesday in Onondaga County Court where he pleaded guilty earlier this month to manslaughter, leaving the scene and reckless driving in the May 2017 death of Jameisha Sanford.
Santos was 18 when his car hit another vehicle and crashed onto a sidewalk where the girl was playing with chalk in front of her family’s house. She was killed and her 1-year-old brother and father suffered minor injuries.
Santos fled the scene and was caught weeks later in North Carolina.
Prosecutors say Santos had a learner’s permit that required he have a licensed driver with him.
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