‘On the hook for a life’: DUI driver hadn’t slept before crash that killed father of 2

Sonal Patel has been sentenced to seven years in prison for causing a crash that killed Omar Ortiz on Interstate 85 in Gwinnett County.

Patel, 40, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and DUI in connection with the crash that happened February 2024.

Prosecutors stated that she was under the influence of alcohol and the prescription drug Trazodone, and had not slept for up to two days before the incident…

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