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Woman sentenced to decades in prison for fatal crash
Updated: Friday, 14 Dec 2012, 10:03 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 13 Dec 2012, 7:17 PM EST
BATTLE GROUND, Ind. (WLFI) - A woman will spend more than 20 years in prison for her part in a fatal crash in June.
Tippecanoe County Prosecutor Pat Harrington said Tamera Richards will spend 24 years behind bars and one year on probation for operating with a controlled substance resulting in death and being a habitual substance offender.
News 18 previously reported the two-vehicle crash happened on Harrison Road in Battle Ground. It sent six people to the hospital. The driver in the second car, Donna Wall, was airlifted from the scene and later died from her injuries.
Richards was taken to Franciscan Saint Elizabeth East Hospital the night of the crash where it was reported she had a blood alcohol content of 0.11.
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