Spaniard in fatal Cuba traffic crash may serve 4-year sentence under work release program
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Spanish man involved in a traffic crash in Cuba that killed a prominent dissident may be allowed to serve out his four-year sentence in his country under a work release program.
The 27-year-old Angel Carromero was sentenced in October in a July 22 crash in eastern Cuba that killed pro-democracy activist Oswaldo Paya and fellow dissident Harold Cepero.
Carromero, a regional youth leader of the governing Popular Party, was driving the car. The dissidents were seated in the back.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Spanish prison officials said Thursday that Carromero, currently imprisoned northwest of Madrid after being returned to Spain on Dec. 29, could be placed in a work release program in the coming days under the country's rules for people convicted of vehicular manslaughter.