A driver who was drunk and on drugs when he struck and killed a University of Wisconsin-Madison student has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Thirty-three-year-old Kong Vang, of Fitchburg, apologized to friends and colleagues of Wendy Huai before he was sentenced Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court. The 24-year-old student was out to dinner with a friend to celebrate her master’s degree when Vang’s SUV careened around a corner, jumped a curb and struck the two last April. Huai suffered fatal injuries.
Vang earlier pleaded no contest to homicide by drunken driving, reckless endangerment and possession of methamphetamine.
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He was also ordered to serve six years of extended supervision and pay about $80,000 in restitution.
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