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Jul 1, 2009 2:34 pm US/Eastern

NY Woman Gets 1-3 Years In Death Of Boyfriend

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (CBS) ― A Long Island woman who admitted dragging her boyfriend to his death when he tried to stop her from driving drunk has been sentenced to one-to-three years in prison.

Jesenia Vega apologized at her sentencing Wednesday in state Supreme Court in Riverhead. She said she still loves the victim, 26-year-old Louis Wiederer.

Vega pleaded guilty in March to second-degree manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter and DWI.

Prosecutors say Vega consumed beer and alcohol at a July 2007 party. When Wiederer climbed on the running board of her car, she drove off. He slipped under the wheels and was dragged 600 feet to his death.

The Long Island town has a population of over 27,500.

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