Sugar Land Driver Gets Jail Time In Fort Bend’s First Fatal Crosswalk Case

A Sugar Land driver has been sentenced in a crosswalk case after a crash killed a man walking his dog nearly two years ago. On Wednesday, Bao Lung Giang pleaded guilty and received 10 years of deferred adjudication probation and some time in jail. This is the first case in the county under the Lisa Torry Smith Act, following the death of pedestrian Donald Yeager.

Under the deal, Giang will spend 10 years on deferred adjudication probation and must serve 120 days in jail. He is also required to complete 300 hours of community service, pay a $5,000 fine, attend a Victim Impact Panel every year, take annual defensive driving, read letters written by Yeager’s family, submit to random drug testing and live with sharply limited driving privileges, as reported by…..

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