DALLAS (AP) — A 54-year-old former suburban Dallas teacher has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the hit-and-run death of a 6-year-old boy last year.
A Dallas County jury Friday imposed concurrent sentences against Tammy Lowe of 10 years for manslaughter and eight years for failing to stop and render aid to John Paul Raidy. She was convicted Thursday of the manslaughter count and earlier pleaded guilty to the charge of failing to render aid.
Prosecutors say Lowe in January 2013 ran a red light in Grand Prairie and struck the boy as he walked with his mother and baby sister to a store to get candy.
Defense attorneys had argued prosecutors didn’t prove their case against Lowe and that a lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide was more appropriate.
