Driver sentenced to prison for fatal accident at school bus stop
A Sanford man has been sentenced to no more than 17 months in prison for a wreck last fall at a school bus stop that killed a 12-year-old boy.
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Adam Kempf, a seventh-grade student at Coats-Erwin Middle School, was trying to board a bus on N.C. Highway 27 near Bill Avery Road on Oct. 25 when he was hit by a van and killed.
Fernando Ortiz-Soto swerved but couldn't avoid the boy, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
Ortiz-Soto pleaded guilty Monday to a felony charge of passing a stopped school bus resulting in death and a misdemeanor charge of driving without a license.
Superior Court Judge Winston Gilchrist sentenced him to between six and 17 months in prison, saying that his lack of prior criminal record precluded a longer sentence.
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