SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A 19-year-old driver who struck and killed a Salem pedestrian in January, then drove off, has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Jake Montano told police he was texting as he drove and struck 37-year-old Morales Singer.
Defense lawyer Nancy Cook says Montano got scared and fled. Singer died at the scene. Montano turned himself in about a week later.
He pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and other charges and was sentenced Thursday by Marion County Judge Claudia Burton.
