Illegal immigrant heads to prison for fatal hit-and-run
GLADSTONE, Ore. - An illegal immigrant has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for a deadly hit-and-run accident near Gladstone.
Mary Richey, 40, was crossing Highway 99E in a wheelchair when she was struck on November 28. She had just gotten off a TriMet bus. The road is also known as Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard.
On Wednesday, Rafael Avelino Gines pleaded guilty to felony hit-and-run charges.
Gines fled the scene after the accident but later turned himself in.
He faces deportation after he serves his prison sentence.
Mary Richey, 40, was crossing Highway 99E in a wheelchair when she was struck on November 28. She had just gotten off a TriMet bus. The road is also known as Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard.
On Wednesday, Rafael Avelino Gines pleaded guilty to felony hit-and-run charges.
Gines fled the scene after the accident but later turned himself in.
He faces deportation after he serves his prison sentence.