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New Canaan Woman Pleads Guilty In Fatal Hit-And-Run, Gets Probation

NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- Kate Regan of New Canaan pleaded guilty Friday to negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and evading responsibility in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident three years ago, Patch.com reported on its website

Kate Regan will serve no prison time in the death of an elderly New Canaan man in a hit-and-run accident.

Kate Regan will serve no prison time in the death of an elderly New Canaan man in a hit-and-run accident.

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Regan was sentenced to five years of probation and 300 hours of community service after pleading guilty before state Superior Court Judge Maureen Dennis in Norwalk, the report said. Prosecutors wanted her to serve prison time, but the family of the elderly victim asked for leniency so Regan's young children would not suffer, the report said.  

Krishna Jayaraman, 82,  was killed in front of his Oenoke Road home. New Canaan police have said Regan was driving a 2008 Infiniti QX56 when she struck Krishna S. Jayaraman, 82, while he was at the mailbox outside his home Aug. 18, 2010. Jayaraman died from his injuries at Norwalk Hospital. Police arrested Regan on Nov. 3, 2010, after a lengthy investigation.

Regan and her husband are also facing a civil suit filed by Jayaraman’s family in Stamford Superior Court.

Read the full story of her court appearance here at NewCanaanPatch.com. 

Read more details of Regan's arrest in 2010 and of the fatal accident here on The Daily Voice. 

 

 

 

 

 

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