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ER doctor imprisoned for hitting a pedestrian then driving around dying victim to go to work
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ER doctor imprisoned for hitting a pedestrian then driving around dying victim to go to work

The Independent·Erin Keller·18 days ago
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An Oregon emergency room doctor will spend more than a year in prison after prosecutors say he hit a pedestrian, drove around the man’s body and then kept going to work instead of stopping to help. Kenneth Kolarsky, 59, was sentenced Tuesday to 13 months behind bars and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to attempted failure to perform the duties of a driver to an injured person. Investigators say that on December 26, 2024, Kolarsky struck Nicolas Hernandez-Mendoza as he was crossing North Pacific Highway near Williams Avenue in Woodburn. Hernandez-Mendoza had activated a pedestrian crosswalk safety system that was meant to alert drivers that someone was in the road before the crash , authorities said. After the impact, Kolarsky stopped his vehicle briefly, then drove around Hernandez-Mendoza’s unconscious body and left the scene without calling for help or waiting for emergency responders, prosecutors claimed. Emergency crews later found Hernandez-Mendoza lying in the road.…

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