Woman Gets 1-3 Years For Killing Boyfriend With Car

Two years ago, Louis Wiederer tried to stop his girlfriend from driving away from a Suffolk County block party while drunk. But Jesenia Vega ignored him and drove off—and Wiederer, who was clinging to her Nissan Altima's window, slipped off and was caught under the car and killed. Vega dragged his body 600 feet before stopping. Vega, who initially claimed that Widener was hitting her and she was trying to get away (a witness had said, "It looked like he was hitting her, but he was trying to stop her... She was totally irrational"), had pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter and DWI earlier this year. Now she faces one to three years in prison; Vega said yesterday, "It was a bad, bad accident that I have to relive everyday." Wiederer's mother said, "Louis was too good for you, Jesenia."

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By Jen Chung in News on July 1, 2009 4:55 PM

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Snoopy

The chick needs a way to get to the welfare office don't she?

fauxsella

You know, the car is a fine invention, but it's not for everyone--particularly those who aren't bright enough to realize that alcohol + driving = BAD. This is one area where our government fails us.

And the worst part is that she'll probably get her driving privileges back after prison.

sj

Snoopy beat me to it, but yeah. Nissan Altimas don't have running boards because they're not from the '30s.

jaycjay

There's a small picture of the car on the Newsday story here:

http://www.amny.com/news/local/crime/ny-webdrag0723,0,2499645.story

I don't see any running boards.

Snoopy

"who was on the Nissan Altima's running board"???

Unless this was a very rare edition of Nissan's Altima, I believe running boards for the most part were just vestigial starting after the second world war.

I realize the VW still had them until later but I never saw a Nissan Altima with one.