Driver gets 3 years in prison in Vermont accident
BURLINGTON— A driver has been sentenced to at least three years in prison for a hit-and-run accident that left a Vermont college student critically injured.
Twenty-three-year-old Adam Desjardin of Vergennes pleaded guilty to pulling in front of a bicyclist in Burlington last fall, and taking off. Twenty-one-year-old Rose Long of Sutton, a member of the University of Vermont cycling team, suffered massive facial injuries that required $500,000 in reconstructive surgery so far.
On Friday, she told Desjardin in court that his action changed her life forever.
WCAX reports Desjardin asked to serve a reduced term in the state work camp, but that was rejected by Judge Patricia Zimmerman.