Drunken driver gets prison in fatal crash; mom had done same
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A suburban New York City man has been sentenced to prison for a fatal drunken driving crash — 14 years after his mother killed someone in a drunken driving crash of her own.
Liam Perry, of Yonkers, was sentenced Tuesday to serve two to six years for an August crash that killed 85-year-old Pedro Martinez. The 23-year-old pleaded guilty in February to charges that include vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated.
A relative of the victim said in court that she forgave him.
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Perry's mother, Karen Masterson, spent two years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter. Authorities say she was drunk and speeding when she rear-ended another vehicle in November 2002. That crash killed a 77-year-old Yonkers man. The Journal News reports she had two prior drunken driving convictions.