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The man accused of killing an 80-year-old woman in a head-on crash while evading Border Patrol agents was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison.

A federal judge sentenced William Ken Huebbe, a 31-year-old Tucson resident, to 11 years in prison after Huebbe pleaded guilty to human smuggling that resulted in a death near Three Points on Jan. 8, 2015, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a news release.

Huebbe was smuggling two undocumented immigrants towards Tucson when he swerved into oncoming traffic to get away from Border Patrol agents and struck another car. The impact killed an 80-year-old woman and severely injured her 55-year-old daughter as the two were heading home from a medical exam.


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