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DA: Drunken Unlicensed Driver Sentenced In Bensalem Hit-Run Crash DA: Drunken Unlicensed Driver Sentenced In Bensalem Hit-Run Crash
DA: Drunken Unlicensed Driver Sentenced In Bensalem Hit-Run Crash A 43-year-old unlicensed Bucks County driver on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a hit-and-run crash that left two pedestrians injured -- one seriously -- in Bensalem on New Year's Day, authorities said. Almondo Merjia, of Bensalem, was sentenced to 2.5 years to 5 years in state prison by President Judge Wallace H. Bateman after entering a guilty plea to aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, aggravated assault by vehicle, and accidents involving death of injury while not licensed, which are all felonies, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. An investigation began on Jan. …

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