A 40-year-old woman in Georgia will spend several years behind bars for killing a father of two last year after she drove while intoxicated and sleep-deprived, falling asleep behind the wheel and causing a fatal collision .

A judge in Gwinnett County ordered Sonal Nandkishor Patel to serve seven years in a state correctional facility in connection with the February 2024 death of Omar Ortiz.

Patel's sentence was handed down after she reached a deal with prosecutors in the Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office and pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular homicide and one count of driving under the influence (DUI). Following her release, Patel will be required to serve an additional 18 years on probation.

During the proceedings, prosecutors said that at the time of the fatal collision

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