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Earlier this year, 44-year-old Michelle Bonet pleaded guilty to multiple felonies after being indicted following the fatal crash last fall. On Thursday, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced that she has been sentenced to a minimum of four and maximum of 12 years in state prison.
Bonet pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and two counts of manslaughter, both felonies. She also pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of aggravated driving while intoxicated, driving while intoxicated, and driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of drugs or of alcohol and any other drugs in May. She faced up to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty.
According to Scarpino, at approximately 2:15 p.m. on Oct. 28 last year, Bonet was driving north on West Hartsdale Road in Greenburgh, when witnesses saw her reportedly crossing over the double yellow line repeatedly, prior to the fatal event, nearly striking a vehicle operated by a 17-year-old coming from Maria Regina High School.
Moments later - while allegedly speeding - Bonet crossed the double yellow line and struck a Lexus sedan with her minivan, which was being driven by her victims - a husband and wife - who were both in their 80s.
“The force of the impact pushed the victims’ car off the road, with the vehicles coming to a rest with the front of each vehicle nearly touching each other and (Bonet’s) car almost entirely in the opposite lane of traffic,” according to Scarpino.
The victims ultimately had to be extricated from their vehicle and were treated at Westchester Medical Center before being pronounced dead. Bonet, who was the sole occupant of her vehicle, was “found slumped over, unconscious,” by first responders.
Two blood samples were drawn from Bonet at different times at the hospital, with those tests determining that Bonet had a blood alcohol content between .25 percent and .29 percent, more than triple the legal limit of .08 percent. Tests also revealed she had an undetermined amount of Diazepam - more commonly referred to as Valium - in her system.
Bonet has been remanded into the custody of the New York State Department of Corrections.
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