Woman sentenced to nearly 5 years for fatal crash

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) — A New Brighton woman is sentenced to nearly five years in prison for a fatal crash as she fled from an illegal drag-racing event.

Twenty-one-year-old Jacqueline Marie Wagner pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide in the Aug. 23 collision that killed 39-year-old Moussa Ould Maayif. He was on his way home for a prayer service at his mosque when Wagner raced through a red light and struck Maayif's vehicle.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press says Ramsey County District Judge William Leary sentenced Wagner to four years and nine months in prison Thursday.

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Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press

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