BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut driver who evaded authorities for three months after striking and killing an 81-year-old man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison.
The Connecticut Post reports that 28-year-old Pearak Pha was sentenced Tuesday in connection with the hit-and-run in Bridgeport in June 2016 that claimed the life of Gaspar Esteves.
Authorities say Esteves was standing outside his pickup when he was struck by a Volkswagen sedan that left the scene. He died at the hospital.
The case remained unsolved until September 2016, when police conducting a drug raid at a city apartment found keys and the registration of a car that matched the description of the car involved in the hit-and-run and belonged to Pha.
The Volkswagen was later found under a tarp in a driveway.
