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Kirkwood Woman Sentenced in Connection to Drunk Driving Death

Emily Hagan of Kirkwood reportedly received a three-year prison sentence Tuesday in connection to a drunk driving accident that killed a bicyclist last year.

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According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Emily C. Hagan, 30, of Kirkwood was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday after a plea deal in connection to a drunken-driving accident that killed a bicyclist in University City last year.

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Hagan, of the 400 block of North Clay Avenue, will be eligible for parole after serving about one year of her prison time, the Post reports.

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The Post-Dispatch reports that police say Hagan had a blood alcohol content of 0.262, more than three times the legal limit, when she rear-ended bicyclist Samuel Scott on Feb. 3, 2012. Scott, 19, was reportedly riding home from a Dewey's Pizza shop where he worked as a cook when he was struck, then later died from his injuries.

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