Bridgeport Men Sentenced In Fatal Racing Crash

BRIDGEPORT, CT — One man will serve prison time and another will get probation after both were sentenced Fridayfor a fatal street racing crash in Stratford, according to the Connecticut Post.

Ronald Patterson, 29, was driving the car in which Dawaan Edwards, 21, died, the Connecticut Post reports. Patterson was sentenced to five years in prison, suspended after 18 months, and three years probation. Aaron Perkins, 24, was driving the other car and was sentenced to five years suspended with three years probation, plus a $200 fine.

The two men, both of Bridgeport, previously pleaded guilty to racing, misconduct with a motor vehicle and reckless driving, according to the Connecticut Post, with Patterson also pleading guilty to driving under the influence.

Police said after the crash that the men were racing and gave officers false statements about what happened. Patterson and Perkins were racing April 6, 2018, on Lordship Boulevard near Access Road. Patterson failed to negotiate a turn in the road while traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control of his vehicle, Capt. Frank Eannotti said last year. The vehicle went off the road, hit a tree and came to rest near a marsh. Edwards died at the scene.

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