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Nicole Shellard angers victim's family

Michael Slovitsky, far left, husband of victim Kathryn

Photo credit: James Carbone | Michael Slovitsky, far left, husband of victim Kathryn Underdown, and other family members stand disgusted outside courtroom in Riverhead after Nicole Shellard, was sentenced to only 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 years in a crash that killed Underdown. (Jan. 18, 2012)

Angering the victim's family at her sentencing, a Lake Grove woman credited the woman she killed while driving under the influence of prescription drugs for helping her to kick addiction.

Nicole Shellard, 34, was sentenced Wednesday by Suffolk County Court Judge Martin Efman to 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 years in prison for hitting and killing bicyclist Kathryn Underdown, 45, also of Lake Grove -- far...

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