Honduran national sentenced in death of young Iowa woman in crash

The Honduran man convicted of crashing into and killing an Iowa woman in Omaha in 2016 has been sentenced to over two decades in prison.

Douglas County District Court Judge James Masteller sentenced 29-year-old Eswin Mejia to 20 to 22 years in prison Monday.

The sentencing comes two months after Mejia pleaded no contest to, and was found guilty of, motor vehicle homicide — a charge stemming from when Mejia was driving under the influence and crashed into and killed 21-year-old Sarah Root in South Omaha…

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