Driver sentenced for hit and run that killed a Shoreline mother in 2021
Sunday, August 4, 2024
The collision took place in Shoreline at the intersection of N 185th and Linden Ave N.
Diane Marx was killed immediately and her two young daughters injured. (see our previous story)
On July 25, 2024 the driver, Aaron Ott, accepted a plea agreement for counts of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, hit-and-run felony death, and reckless driving that will put him in jail for over ten years.
According to reporting on Fox13Seattle.com,
"Officials said Ott was speeding when he crashed into Diane’s car near the intersection of Linden Ave N and N 185th Street. Investigators said Ott ran away from the scene and hid in a shed before officers found and arrested him. According to court documents, a Drug Recognition Expert Officer was called to the scene where Ott admitted he drank, took Xanax and Adderall on that fateful day.
"A King County judge sentenced Ott to 10 years and nine months in prison. He was ordered not to contact the Marx family and will be enrolled in alcohol and substance abuse treatment. A judge also ordered Ott to wear a portable alcohol breath device immediately after his release for 18 months."
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2 comments:
This tragedy need not have happened. The driver, who the month before was stopped for drunken driving, was under the influence when this collision happened. The family no longer has their wife and mother and will live under the dark shadow of this loss for the rest of their lives. The young man who chose to drive under the influence must serve a long prison sentence and live with the tragic consequences of his poor decision. A work colleague of mine was killed in Edmonds under similar circumstances a couple of years before this, depriving his wife and family of his presence. Perhaps more education in the public schools about drinking/drugs and driving may help prevent this. Even one life saved is important.
10 years for taking a life!! This is crazy stuff!! Should be sentenced to at least how many estimated years left this mom would have had. 30-40 year sentence would have been appropriate.
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