A 23-year-old woman received a four-year term for being drunk when she drove more than 120 miles per hour and triggered a three-vehicle crash in Maple Grove that killed another motorist.
April F. Oleary, of Otsego, was sentenced in Hennepin County District Court after pleading guilty to criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation in connection with the crash Sept. 12 that killed Phousalinh Khounpanya, 67, of Dayton.
A third driver, Joshua Goodall, now 43, of Rogers, was severely injured in the wreck at about 4:30 a.m. on County Road 81 just west of Maple Grove Parkway.
With credit for time in jail after her arrest, Oleary is expected to serve roughly 2 2⁄3 years in prison and the balance on supervised release.
The prosecution notified the court in a filing ahead of sentencing that it wanted Judge Daniel Moreno to give Oleary a 10-year term.
Phousalinh was born in Laos and was the sixth oldest among 11 children in the family, according to her online obituary.
"She was one of the few women allowed to jump out of a plane while serving in the military in Laos," the obituary read. "Standing only 5ft tall and around 100 lbs, she was well respected by many."
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