Posted on 01/18/2006 2:54:40 PM PST by rellimpank
In 2001, a drunken Darwin Ray Ellison took a Terrible Herbst truck and went cruising through downtown Las Vegas. Rosa Delegado, a 58-year-old grandmother, was stepping into her car on Fremont Street, her back turned to the careening vehicle, when the truck ran her over and killed her.
Mrs. Delegado's family suffered a tremendous, tragic loss as a result of the accident, and thankfully, they received some modicum of justice. Ellison pleaded guilty to felony drunken driving causing death and was sentenced to between 5 1/2 and 20 years in prison. In exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to drop a felony auto theft charge.
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