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Posted: 9:38 PM Jul 20, 2009
Man sentenced for deadly snowmobile crash
An Illinois man accused of drunken driving in a 2008 snowmobile crash that killed a Chicago TV journalist has been sentenced to three years probation and 100 hours of community service.
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An Illinois man accused of drunken driving in a 2008 snowmobile crash that killed a Chicago TV journalist has been sentenced to three years probation and 100 hours of community service.
Vilas County Circuit Judge Neal Nielsen III handed down that sentence Monday after Scott Hirschey of Crystal Lake pleaded no contest to homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, a felony.
Prosecutors say the 45-year-old Hirschey's blood-alcohol level was more than double the legal limit to drive when he crashed his snowmobile into a tree near Sayner on Jan. 24, 2008, killing passenger Randy Salerno. Salerno was a morning anchor for Chicago's CBS-TV affiliate and a longtime friend of Hirschey's.
District Attorney Albert Moustakis says he recommended no jail time for Hirschey, in part because Salerno's family did not want that.
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