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The driver of a car that crashed and killed the son of former ACT opposition leader Bill Stefaniak has been jailed for five years.
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- Smith ran from scene after rolling car
- Son of former ACT Opposition Leader Bill Stefaniak killed
- Smith was jailed for XX
Angela Smith pleaded guilty to causing a crash on Yarra Glen north of Woden on January 2, 2018 which killed her passenger Jozef Stefaniak.
Mr Stefaniak was thrown from the car when it rolled, but Smith and another passenger ran from the scene before police arrived.
The other passenger was initially charged over the fatal crash, but those charges were later dropped when it was discovered Smith had been driving.
In ACT Supreme Court today Justice Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson said the fact Smith had run from the scene showed her attitude to the crash.
“Leaving the scene in this way was callous in the circumstances of this case,” she said.
She said Smith had ended the life of Mr Stefaniak in his prime.
“The impact on family members is beyond dry legal words,” she said
Justice Loukas-Karlsson also noted Smith’s prospects for rehabilitation appeared good, given her engagement in prison programs, but it remained to be seen if that would continue outside jail.
Smith will not be eligible for parole until 2021, and was also banned from driving for seven years.
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