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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Family members of 22-year-old Amaya Chenot proceed to support her representation live aft her tragic decease successful April 2023.
"She has a batch of large memories, a batch of large friends that inactive support successful interaction with america and marque definite that we cognize that she was loved," Chenot's aunt, Lindsay Chenot said.
Chenot's beingness was chopped abbreviated erstwhile her car was t-boned portion turning onto Friant Road from Shepherd successful northeast Fresno.
"We'll ne'er spot her again," Lindsay said.
The incidental was captured connected video by Daniel Wells who lives successful the area.
Fresno constabulary say, past 53-year-old John Ashcraft, ran a reddish airy connected Friant successful a tow motortruck and struck Chenot's car.
He plead not blameworthy past December, but connected Tuesday changed his plea to nary contest.
"You recognize I'll judge your nary contention pleas, but I'll usage those nary contention pleas to marque a uncovering arsenic guilt?" Fresno County Superior Court Judge Jonathan Conklin asked Ashcraft.
"Yes, your honor," Ashcraft replied.
Chenot's household grateful to beryllium 1 measurement person to closing the case.
"It's been a agelong road," Lindsay said. "Almost a twelvemonth that he's been successful custody. We've of people been dealing with this for astir a twelvemonth and a fractional but it's bully to spot justness yet being done, astir to wherever he's accepting work for what he's done."
Ashcraft's defence lawyer said his alteration successful plea shows he's remorseful astir the crash.
"It's a small hard due to the fact that I don't deliberation he's shown remorse," Lindsay explained.
"It's not that we privation immoderate benignant of acknowledgement, but his facial expressions benignant of amusement a batch and it's pugnacious to see."
In tribunal Tuesday, Ashcraft admitted helium was precocious connected meth and didn't person a licence astatine the clip of the crash.
Ashcraft volition beryllium sentenced connected October 30th for aggregate charges including felony gross vehicular manslaughter portion intoxicated and felony DUI causing large bodily injury.
He faces a maximum of 10 years successful jailhouse and a $10,000 fine.
However, the justice successful this lawsuit said the tribunal volition apt regularisation for a midterm condemnation of maximum six years.
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