MANTUA TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - A father has pleaded guilty to having been intoxicated at the time of a crash on a southern New Jersey highway that killed his infant daughter.
NJ.com reports that 34-year-old Leroy Iglesia pleaded guilty Dec. 5 to second-degree vehicular homicide and driving under the influence in the Oct. 9 crash.
Authorities said Iglesia was driving south on Route 55 in Gloucester County when his minivan ran off the side of the road and struck two trees, killing 1-year-old Elowen Iglesia of Williamstown.
Prosecutors say they will recommend a five-year prison term at the Jan. 24 sentencing with a requirement that Iglesia serve 85% of that term before he can be eligible for parole.
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