A repeat DUI offender was sentenced Thursday to three to 10 years in prison for a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed an Air Force veteran.

During the sentencing, Alfredo Jauregui, 23, who pleaded guilty last month to one count of DUI resulting in the death of George Brown, told District Judge Christy Craig that “it was all an accident.” Police have said that Jauregui was driving on Marion Drive toward Flippin Street on Oct. 5 when he struck a pedestrian who was in the roadway.

Craig pressed Jauregui to clarify, noting that while she recognized he had not intended to kill Brown, the crash was preventable.

“You decided to drink, you decided to drive, and as a result of those two decisions, you hit and killed somebody and took their life,” Craig explained. “It’s important that you underst

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