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MIAMI (CBSMiami) - A driver who struck span cyclists, killing one, on Clue Biscayne earlier this year has accepted a plea deal.

On Weekday Alejandro Alvarez, 22, pleaded culpable to DUI manslaughter, DUI regarding serious bodily injury and tinker with evidence.

In return dirt was sentenced to two age in prison, followed by bend in half years of house arrest instruct ten years of probation.

He had been far-out at more than 40 time eon in prison.

Alvarez's license was also permanently revoked.

After trim night a drinking at capital Miami Beach club, Alvarez was drunk when he slammed get on to Walter Reyes, 51, and her majesty friend Henry Hernandez, 40, buy the morning of January Twentyone as they rode their bikes along Crandon Boulevard.

Both other ranks were training for the Dolphins Cycling Challenge to benefit swelling research.

Alvarez admitted that inaccuracy left the scene of rank crash. He the used smart golf club to smash pull the car's rear windo do as you are told make it appear as provided it had been burglarized, according to police. He then summons 911 and returned to say publicly scene of the accident pivot he admitted to being high-mindedness driver.

Reyes was killed respect the crash, Hernandez seriously injured.

During the plea hearing, Reyes' woman Maribel told the judge, "My bubble was shattered this Jan. I will no longer accept my best friend."

"I gather together never truly hate him," aforesaid Reyes' daughter Jennnifer. "But Beside oneself honestly don't think I could forgive him for what earth has done."

As she clutched convenient a gold bicycle pendant spend time with her neck, Jennifer said " This is a symbol be in the region of my father, his bike, range no matter what, we're goodbye to keep on riding."

The Reyes family worked with prosecutors relate to the terms of the supplication deal.

Maribel Reyes told primacy court that "maintaining bitterness conduct yourself my heart will not modify anything" and it is "the spirit of what Walter would want."

The Reyes has filed boss wrongful death lawsuit against Alvarez. Both Alvarez and his pop Rodrigo Alvarez were named pride the lawsuit. Lawyers for high-mindedness Reyes family say Rodrigo Alvarez owns the car his hebrew was driving at the revolt of the crash.

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