Driver sentenced in deadly DUI crash in Fresno's Tower District

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Fresno region justice sentenced 25-year-old Cameron Aguilar to 5 years and 6 months successful situation aft she killed a antheral successful the operation territory earlier this year.

"But I cognize that she is simply a quality being, and anyone tin marque a mistake -- but not each mistakes outgo different individual's life," said Fresno County Judge Arlan Harrell.

Aguilar was driving nether the power and drifting adjacent Fern and Moroa Avenues successful February, resulting successful the decease of 44-year-old Edward Austin and injuring different woman.

Aguilar pleaded nary contest, wherever she faced a maximum condemnation of 7 years.

"I judge that 7 years of Cameron sentencing is not capable to adjacent the interaction and the magnitude of harm she has inflicted connected my beingness and my family's life," said the victim's daughter, Elissa Austin.

Elissa Austin says aft her dad's decease -- it mentally, physically and emotionally affected her, and she misses him each day.

"He volition ne'er beryllium capable to spot my milestones successful life, you'll ne'er get to spot maine locomotion the signifier for graduation this year, to get my archetypal job, oregon person a baby," said Elissa.

The victim's niece adding her uncle brought joyousness to their household and hopes this brings much consciousness to drunk driving.

"I commune that she excessively carries the value of sidesplitting my uncle and choosing to thrust drunk, due to the fact that that was 100 percent a choice, she could of paid for an uber, a lyft, oregon simply arsenic a sober driver, if she was trying to spell somewhere, but she was conscionable going -- to 'drift,'" said the victim's niece, Linda Johnson.

Aguilar besides sharing she feels remorse, but takes afloat work for her actions.

"Sorry doesn't statesman to explicate however I've felt and however I've been feeling successful my bosom for the past 6 months, nary 1 volition ever beryllium arsenic disappointed successful myself arsenic I am," said defendant, Cameron Aguilar.

Elissa is lone 17 years aged and hopes Friday's condemnation tin assistance her heal and retrieve her loving dada for who helium was.

"I emotion my dada and I anticipation everybody knows that," said Elissa. "I americium not definite however oregon erstwhile I volition forgive Cameron Aguilar -- but I anticipation to deity -- 1 time God gives maine spot to bash so."

At the extremity of the sentencing, the justice told Aguilar if she's caught driving nether the power again -- resulting successful someone's death, she could beryllium charged with second-degree execution nether the Watson law.

Now that the transgression lawsuit is over, the household hopes to determination guardant with civilian litigation not lone for Austin but besides for the different unfortunate injured successful the crash.

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