Billings woman sentenced in DUI fatal

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 34-year-old Billings woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to driving drunk, running a red light and hitting a car in a crash that killed the other driver.

Judge G. Todd Baugh sentenced Tawny Fisher-Jones on Wednesday to 30 years in the Montana Women's Prison, with 10 years suspended.

Tawny Fisher-Jones had pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide while under the influence for the Feb. 22 death of 59-year-old Merry Jane Trewhella of Billings.

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