Man sentenced in New Jersey crash that killed MIT student
Aliaksandr Tsytsenia, 30, of Old Bridge, must serve 8 1/2 years before he'll be eligible for parole under the sentence handed out Wednesday.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A judge sentenced a man to 15 years in prison for causing a crash in New Jersey that claimed the life of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology student and injured her sister.
Aliaksandr Tsytsenia, 30, of Old Bridge, must serve 8 1/2 years before he’ll be eligible for parole under the sentence handed out Wednesday.
He pleaded guilty in May to vehicular homicide and aggravated assault.
Tsytsenia admitted he was driving under the influence of alcohol in May 2019 when he crossed over double yellow lines to pass and crashed head-on into a vehicle driven by Aliza Akhtar.
The 19-year-old had just finished her freshman year at MIT.
The judge also ordered Tsytsenia’s driver’s license to be revoked for 30 years.
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