OLATHE, Kan. (AP) A man has been sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison in connection to a fatal crash at a northeast Kansas intersection.
The Kansas City Star reports 33-year-old Souksavanh Chamnongchith was sentenced Monday to 12 years and 10 months in prison. He had pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the November 2014 death of 31-year-old Idir Lounes.
Prosecutors said that Chamnongchith was driving under the influence when his vehicle collided with a vehicle being driven by Lounes, who was traveling north on U.S. 56 in Olathe.
Lounes was taken to a hospital, where he later died. Chamnongchith was not injured in the crash.
