Jail Sentence for DUI Hit-and-Run
Posted on Oct 7, 2010 5:25pm PDT
Dorek Emanuel Hayes has been convicted and sentenced in the matter of a felony hit-and-run DUI that resulted in serious injuries for a woman. The Virginia Beach man is now going to serve eleven years in jail for the incident. The woman was reportedly pushing a shopping cart when she was struck by Hayes' vehicle. He continued speeding away and then struck a parked van. The woman suffered broken bones, bruised lungs and more that left her hospitalized and now in a nursing home.
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