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Judge: Maine Woman Guilty of Civil Violation in Teen Pedestrian's Death

A District Court judge has found Laurie Young guilty of failing to yield to a 13-year-old boy crossing the street in Lewiston last November, the Sun-Journal reports.

Jayden Cho-Sargent was killed when Young hit him with her pickup truck.

The guilty verdict is for a civil violation, so there's no possibility of jail time. Judge Rick Lawrence sentenced Young to a three-year loss of license and a $3,000 fine. Of that fine, $2,000 can be satisfied by 200 hours of community service.

Young worked as an education technician at an elementary school in Lewiston. She was charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian in a walkway, resulting in death.

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