A New York City woman has received the maximum sentence for a hit-and-run accident that left a community volunteer in a coma with severe brain injuries.
Frances Jasmin was sentenced to 1 1/3 to four years in prison on Monday.
Erinn Phelan, who was 22, was struck as she crossed a Brooklyn street with a friend on Feb. 21, 2010.
Phelan's mother, Mary, raged at Jasmin during the sentencing. She said Jasmin was found guilty, but her daughter was serving a maximum sentence.
Justice Joseph McKay called Jasmin's actions "reprehensible."
Jasmin offered an apology and said she was praying for Phelan.
Prosecutors said Jasmin was drinking before the crash.
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Phelan volunteered in a community program run by the Bloomberg administration. She had planned to attend Harvard.
