An unlicensed driver, an ingested intoxicant and a single-vehicle wreck that killed the driver’s best friend. In a repeat of the fact pattern from another recent Albemarle County case, 19-year-old Esmont resident Sierra Cheyenne Thomas pleaded guilty Thursday to reckless driving for causing the April 30 crash that killed her best friend, Ava Bright. And in a repeat of the punishment in the prior case, Thomas seems unlikely to serve any jail time.

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