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Woman sentenced to prison for fatal crash in Gävle

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  • A 25-year-old woman was sentenced to 1 year and 10 months in prison for a fatal car crash in Gävle.
  • The crash killed two people and seriously injured one after the driver sped up to 154 km/h on a 70 km/h road without a license.
  • The woman was convicted of multiple charges including gross negligence in traffic and causing death and injury.

A 25-year-old woman has been sentenced to one year and 10 months in prison for a fatal crash on Bönavägen in Gävle, Sweden. The crash occurred on the night of June 6, when four people were traveling in a car after attending an introduction course for a new job. The driver lacked a driver's license at the time and was driving up to 154 kilometers per hour on a road with a 70 km/h speed limit.

She was convicted of gross negligence in traffic, illegal driving, causing another's death, and causing bodily injury. In the violent crash near Engeltofta, two people died and one was seriously injured. The seriously injured woman has been hospitalized for an extended period.

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