Driver in DUI Crash That Killed UCF Student Gets 12 Years By Kevin Connolly Orlando
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ORLANDO, Fla. The man accused in a DUI hit-and-run crash that killed a University of Central Florida student on campus in June 2019 was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison.
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Yousuf Hasan will spend 8 years on probation after prison
London Harrell, 21, died after Acura slammed into her at UCF
Judge hammered Hasan for failing to call for emergency help
Yousuf Hasan, 26, crashed an Acura into 21-year-old London Harrell while she walking on the east side of Napiers Circle on a grass shoulder near Pasteur Drive at 12:47 a.m. June 22, 2019, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Harrell, 21, died days later in hospital after suffering blunt trauma to her head
Hasan pleaded no contest to leaving the scene as part of a deal with prosecutors
A hit-and-run driver who fatally struck a Florida student as she walked near her university campus was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Wednesday.
Yousuf Hasan, 26, ran over a kerb and hit University of Central Florida senior London Harrell, 21, as she was walking home from a bar last June.
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Harrell s body hit the windshield, but Hasan kept driving and later denied hitting her when he was questioned by law enforcement, according to circuit judge Elaine Barbour. Harrell died days later in hospital of blunt trauma to her head.
Yousuf Hasan s mugshot from Dec. 16, 2020. Photo courtesy of Orange County Corrections.
The driver who struck and killed UCF student London Harrell in 2019 while she was walking near campus has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Yousuf Hasan pled no contest to one count of leaving the scene of a crash involving death and was sentenced on Wednesday, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
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The driver who struck and killed #UCF student London Harrell while she was walking near campus in 2019 was sentenced to 12 years in state prison on Wednesday.
Yousuf Hasan pled no contest to one count of leaving the scene of a crash involving death. This is a #developing story. pic.twitter.com/yhYVBAy63L UCF Knight News (@UCFKnightNews) December 17, 2020