New York: Tia Gerstner’s beer & pot party ended with her killing her classmate in her 2nd DWI crash in 2 years; now she’s off to prison for up to 7 years

From Rochester Democrat & Chronicle:
Tia Gerstner, who killed a classmate in a 2009 drunken driving crash, admitted today that she again drove drunk in May.
Gerstner, 20, of Rochester was sentenced today to 2 1/3 to seven years in state prison as part of a plea deal.
“No one anticipated you’d be back here on this type of charge,” state Supreme Court Justice Daniel Doyle told Gerstner and encouraged her to address her problems while in prison.
A teary Gerstner apologized for her actions in state Supreme Court today and pleaded guilty to felony driving while intoxicated

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