Driver sentenced in crash that killed movie director
The driver involved in a crash that killed the director of “A Christmas Story” and his son this year was sentenced Friday to six years in state prison, officials said.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Hector Guzman sentenced Hector Manuel Velazquez Nava, 25, of Los Angeles under terms of a plea agreement, said Deputy Dist. Atty. Belle Chen.
Nava pleaded no contest Aug. 29 to two felony counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
Hollywood veteran Bob Clark, 67, who directed “A Christmas Story” and “Porky’s,” and his son, Ariel Hanrath-Clark, 22, were killed April 4 on Pacific Coast Highway.
Minutes after Clark left his Pacific Palisades condo to drive his son home to Santa Monica, their car was struck head-on by an SUV driven by Nava, police said.
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