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AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man was sentenced to a year in jail related to the 2021 death of a woman police identified as his wife.
Ricardo Vasquez-Lopez pleaded guilty to a third-degree felony collision involving injury charge, according to court paperwork. He received a one-year sentence and will get a credit for 170 days already served.
Police found Eliana Martinez on Ainez Drive in southeast Austin on Aug. 3, 2021. Witnesses told police at the time they saw a truck hit her and drive off. She died at the scene.
Police noted in the arrest affidavit that Vazquez-Lopez had an emergency protective order against Martinez after Martinez was arrested on an assault charge against him. They were not supposed to be in contact with each other, police said.
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