SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. (WWLP) - A man from Chicopee was sentenced to jail in connection with a 2023 crash in South Hadley that killed a passenger in his car.

The Northwestern District Attorney's Office stated that in April 2023, 22-year-old Aneilio Rivera was driving 58 MPH in a 25 MPH zone on River Lodge Road in South Hadley when he lost control of the car and struck a tree. The passenger, 21-year-old Kenny Rivera-Lopez of Martinsville, Virginia, was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, where he later died.

Rivera pleaded guilty to negligent motor vehicle homicide by operation of a motor vehicle. He was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in the House of Correction, with one year to be served, and the balance to be suspended for two years. During this time, he must remain drug an

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