http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27091184/
Woman gets nearly 13 years in fatal Minn. crash
She initially lied about her identity, still denies driving van; 4 kids
killed
updated 4:09 p.m. MT, Wed., Oct. 8, 2008
MARSHALL, Minn. - A woman who initially lied about her identity and still
denies driving a van that slammed into a school bus, killing four
children,
was sentenced Wednesday to nearly 13 years in prison.
Olga Marina Franco Del Cid was sentenced on four counts of vehicular
homicide in the Feb. 19 crash involving a bus from Lakeview School in the
southwestern Minnesota town of Cottonwood.
Franco was extricated from the driver's seat of the minivan, which hit the
school bus after barreling through a stop sign. But her attorneys tried to
show during her trial in August that Franco's boyfriend was driving, fled
the scene and hasn't been seen since.
Lyon County Attorney Rick Maes said he had hoped for a tougher sentence.
He
noted that with good behavior, Franco's prison time could be reduced to
eight years and four months.
The children killed ranged in age from 9 to 13 and included two brothers.
Fourteen other people were injured.
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I think this monster should have been locked up forever but then again,
Laura Bush committed the same crime once ( vehicular homicide due to
running a stop sign) and she wasn't even charged!!!
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