NewsJanuary 26, 2016
Missouri woman gets 3 years for fatal wrong-way crash
Missouri woman gets 3 years for fatal wrong-way crach CLAYTON, Mo. -- A woman has been ordered to spend three years in Missouri prison after having admitted her role in drunkenly causing a fatal wreck while driving the wrong way on a St. Louis-area freeway...
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CLAYTON, Mo. -- A woman has been ordered to spend three years in Missouri prison after having admitted her role in drunkenly causing a fatal wreck while driving the wrong way on a St. Louis-area freeway.
Julie Behnen, 27, pleaded guilty Friday in St. Louis County Circuit Court to an involuntary manslaughter count.
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Investigators said Behnen's blood alcohol level was three times the state's legal threshold in 2014 when she drove the wrong way on Interstate 44 and hit a vehicle occupied by 22-year-old Megan Mangene. The St. Louis woman died two days later.
A lawyer for Mangene's family said Mangene was returning home from her waitressing job
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