Woman gets 6 years for fatal accident

STAMFORD, Conn. (Stamford Advocate) - A judge sentenced a 26-year-old Hartford woman to six years in prison Wednesday for a drunk-driving crash that killed a pregnant teenager and a truck driver last May on Interstate 95 in Darien.

Yadira Torres, of Benton Street, Hartford, was taken away in handcuffs after Judge Richard Comerford handed down a 10-year prison sentence, suspended after six years served and followed by five years of probation. The fatal crash occurred around 6 a.m. on May 7 when Torres, a mother of four children, was driving back from an alcohol-fueled birthday celebration at a Manhattan nightclub when she hit a tractor-trailer, causing it to overturn and burst into flames.

The crash killed James A. Sorto, 42, and a passenger, Kelly Taborda, 18, both of North Bergen, N.J. It took several days for the state medical examiner to identify Sorto because of extensive burns. Taborda, who was pregnant, according to state police, died at Stamford Hospital from multiple blunt trauma injuries. Sorto was pronounced dead at the crash site.

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