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Man Found Guilty in Fatal Pedestrian Accident Sentenced

by KREX News Room
by Associated Press

Story Created: Sep 16, 2012 at 11:56 PM MDT

Story Updated: Sep 17, 2012 at 7:57 AM MDT

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo.- A 20-year-old man involved in a crash that killed a pedestrian at a Keystone crosswalk has been sentenced to six years with a community corrections program.

The Summit Daily News reports Judge Mark Thompson sentenced Wesley Wilson on Friday for the crash that killed 33-year-old Mircea Basaram, of Romania, on Saint Patrick's Day.

Wilson, who previously pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide, was found to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time of the crash.

Community corrections is a program under the umbrella of the Department of Corrections that restricts freedom but does not put offenders in jail.

Thompson said, "There is a need for punishment, but there is also a need for restoration."

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