Rohit Maddineni, 26, pleaded guilty on Nov. 16 to one count of vehicular homicide. He was charged after police learned Maddineni had been drinking before the crash.
Rohit Maddineni in court in April
A Plainsboro man was sentenced to three years in prison today for a March crash in South Brunswick that left one of his passengers dead and another injured, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Rohit Maddineni, 26, pleaded guilty on Nov. 16 to one count of vehicular homicide. He was charged after police learned Maddineni had been drinking before the crash.
Police said Maddineni was driving on the 200 block of Dey Road when his car crashed into a utility pole. Pavan Gottumukala, 25, of Edison, was pronounced dead at the scene after he was ejected from his seat in the rear of the car.
Maddineni will be required to serve 85 percent of his prison sentence, or approximately 2½ years, before he is eligible for parole. Once he is released from prison Maddineni will have to serve a 3 year period of parole.
Maddineni and a 25-year-old passenger who was seated in the front passenger seat of the vehicle suffered minor injuries in the crash.
The sentencing was in Superior Court in Middlesex County.
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