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DUI Snapchatting NJ Driver Sentenced For Fiery Crash That Killed NY College Student DUI Snapchatting NJ Driver Sentenced For Fiery Crash That Killed NY College Student
DUI Snapchatting NJ Driver Sentenced For Fiery Crash That Killed NY College Student An admitted drunk driver who caused a fiery crash on a New York highway, killing a beloved college student, is heading to prison. New Jersey resident Vasu Laroiya, age 24, of Iselin in Middlesex County, was sentenced to 8 ⅓ to 25 years behind bars in Albany County Court on Friday, Jan. 26, after pleading guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in the death of Katie Fisher. Laroiya admitted that he was Snapchatting while driving drunk at 156 miles per hour on I-87 in Colonie when his Tesla struck Fisher’s Honda Civic on the night of May 28, 2022. Earlier Report: Drunken Driver G…

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Drunken NJ Driver Admits Snapchatting At 156 MPH Before Fiery Wreck That Killed College Student Drunken NJ Driver Admits Snapchatting At 156 MPH Before Fiery Wreck That Killed College Student
Drunken NJ Driver Admits Snapchatting At 156 MPH Before Fiery Wreck That Killed College Student More than a year after a New York college student was killed in a fiery, drunk-driving crash in the region, the man responsible has formally confessed. Vasu Laroiya, 24, of Iselin, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in Albany County Court on Tuesday, Nov. 28, in the death of Katie Fisher. Laroiya admitted that he was Snapchatting while driving drunk at 156 miles per hour on I-87 in Colonie when he struck Fisher’s Honda Civic on the night of May 28, 2022. Fisher, a 22-year-old junior at the University at Albany, then struck a guardrail on the eastern shoulder, causing her car t…

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by Michael Mashburn