DUI driver who killed Austin Rife sentenced

The Pennsylvania drunk driver who killed a Kettering teenager last summer while he and his family were fishing has been sentenced in an Alford plea deal. In such a plea, the defendant does not admit guilt, but agrees there is sufficient evidence for conviction at a trial.

On August 8, 2013, Brittany Raskowski, 25, had a blood alcohol level of .212, when the truck she was driving veered off the road, crashed through two fences, then traveled nearly 250 feet through a pasture, finally stricking three people standing by a small pond. One victim, Austin Rife, was killed. Rife’s mother, 38 year-old Stephani Rife, and 36 year-old Aimee Dibbs, both from Kettering, were injured.