Teen sentenced in DWI crash that killed mom
Photo credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp | The aftermath of a fatal accident Tuesday at 130 Hempstead Tpke. after Nassau police said Daritza Lopez, 18, of 1168 Tulsa St., Uniondale, lost control of the vehicle and struck a parked car, crossed over the westbound lane and entered the parking lot of a closed gas station and struck the side wall of the building. Her passenger, Herica Contreras, 28, of Uniondale, was pronounced dead at the scene. Lopez, who was hospitalized after the crash, is facing several charges, including manslaughter 2nd degree, vehicular manslaughter 2nd degree, driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicenced operation of a motor vehicle. (November 29, 2011)
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A 19-year-old Uniondale woman will serve 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to driving drunk and crashing into a West Hempstead building last year, killing her passenger, the mother of two young children.
Daritza Lopez wept as she told Nassau County Judge Jerald Carter that she thinks every day of how she took her friend Herica Contreras, 28, of Uniondale, away from her children.
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