{"id":107439,"date":"2026-03-21T12:36:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/judge-sentences-driver-in-deadly-west-portal-crash-to-2-years-probation-no-prison-time\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T12:36:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:36:48","slug":"judge-sentences-driver-in-deadly-west-portal-crash-to-2-years-probation-no-prison-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/judge-sentences-driver-in-deadly-west-portal-crash-to-2-years-probation-no-prison-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Sentences Driver in Deadly West Portal Crash to 2 Years Probation, No Prison Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>During Friday\u2019s sentencing hearing, Chan said the sentence was influenced by Lau\u2019s remorse, her lack of a criminal record and her age.<\/p>\n<p>Family and friends of both Lau and the victims filled the courtroom to hear Chan pass the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>A final restitution payment will be decided at a later date and will fall somewhere between $67,000 and nearly $300,000.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12077245\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/West-Portal-Two-Year-Anniversary-Vigil-March-20-2026-Fiona-Yim-2-scaled-e1774054793536.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077245\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/West-Portal-Two-Year-Anniversary-Vigil-March-20-2026-Fiona-Yim-2-scaled-e1774054793536.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photographs of the family killed in a 2024 crash in San Francisco\u2019s West Portal neighborhood hang at a vigil near the crash site on March 19, 2026. <cite>(Courtesy of Fiona Yim\/Walk SF)<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Supporters of the victims expressed their frustration with the judge\u2019s ruling, and said Lau should face more punishment for the lives she took.<\/p>\n<p>Family members addressed the court, describing the days after the accident as the youngest, 3-month-old Cau\u00ea, lay in the hospital in an induced coma. With both parents dead, their extended family were left with the painful decision to take him off of life support so that his organs could go to other babies.<\/p>\n<p>Lau, who sat listening through an interpreter for most of the hearing, stood to face the family of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to say sorry for your family. Sorry. Sorry,\u201d Lau said, bowing with each apology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin='anonymous' src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/news\/2026\/03\/20\/judge-sentences-driver-in-deadly-west-portal-crash-to-2-years-probation-no-prison-time\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Friday\u2019s sentencing hearing, Chan said the sentence was influenced by Lau\u2019s remorse, her lack of a criminal record and her age. Family and friends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-spotlight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}