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Cheon Lee, 58, was charged with knowingly leaving the scene of the accident in which Pamela Barba was killed late last June.
Lee was also sentenced to two years of probation and a mandatory license suspension for one year by Judge Stephen Taylor.
Barber was struck on Green Village Road near the intersection of Wilmer Street shortly after 5 p.m. June 28, 2019, authorities previously said. Investigators later found Lee's Nissan Rogue with heavy front passenger-side damage "consistent with the crash" near her home, they said. Lee called police the next day and turned herself in.
Lee, who spoke only Korean, said through a translator how remorseful she felt, the Daily Record reports.
Assistant Morris County Prosecuto Christopher Schellhorn read a statement addressed to the court on behalf of Barba's 92-year-old father, Joseph Barba, the article says.
"I am still in disbelief that Miss Lee would leave my beautiful daughter lying to die on the road. Miss Lee made no attempt to call for assistance, she has no respect for my daughter's life and Miss Lee has no respect for the law," Schellhorn said on Joseph Barba's behalf.
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