A WOMAN FROM VANDERWAGEN, NEW MEXICO, IN MCKINLEY COUNTY COULD GET UP TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON WHEN SHE’S SENTENCED IN A FATAL DRUNK DRIVING CASE. THIRTY YEAR OLD JENNIFER NELSON, A MEMBER OF THE NAVAJO NATION, HAS ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA TO INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN FEDERAL COURT IN ALBUQUERQUE.
NELSON ADMITTED TO DRIVING DRUNK, AT 20 MPH OVER THE SPEED LIMIT, IN OCTOBER OF 2016 WHEN SHE TRIED TO PASS ANOTHER CAR. THAT VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER, AND THE DRIVER WAS EJECTED AND KILLED.
