Drunk driver who caused fatal crash also convicted of child abuse

A mother of two who caused a fatal drunk driving accident has been sentenced to 12 years in prison, as court convicted her for abusing her two daughters on top of causing a man's death.

The Hongseong district of the Daejeon District Court handed the defendant a guilty verdict for the Jan. 4 accident, when she ran over a motorcycle rider in his 20s with her car in Hongseong-gun, South Chungcheong District.

Her charges included death by dangerous driving, punishable by up to 15 years in prison, ch