Illegal immigrant heads to prison for fatal hit-and-run

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Story Published: Dec 13, 2007 at 9:15 AM PST

Story Updated: Dec 13, 2007 at 9:15 AM PST
By KATU Web Staff
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GLADSTONE, Ore. - An illegal immigrant has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for a deadly hit-and-run accident near Gladstone.

Mary Richey, 40, was crossing Highway 99E in a wheelchair when she was struck on November 28. She had just gotten off a TriMet bus. The road is also known as Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard.

On Wednesday, Rafael Avelino Gines pleaded guilty to felony hit-and-run charges.

Gines fled the scene after the accident but later turned himself in.

He faces deportation after he serves his prison sentence.

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