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Plea bargain is struck in DUI fatality case

Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001 | 10:45 a.m.

A 45-year-old Las Vegas woman has pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs in connection with a fatal 1999 accident.

Diane Lynn Scott will receive a four- to 20-year sentence as a result of the plea agreement she entered Tuesday. District Judge John McGroarty is to sentence her March 7.

If McGroarty decides on more than four years as a minimum, Scott can back out of the deal.

According to court records, Scott lost control of her vehicle on Nov. 20, 1999, while driving on Martin Luther King Boulevard, crossed into the southbound lanes and struck a car being driven by Aaron Williams, 30.

Williams died and a passenger, Melody Toms, was seriously injured.

Police allege that in addition to driving at least 56 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone, blood tests showed Scott had cocaine, Valium and morphine in her system.

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