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Woman gets prison term for death of N.J. firefighter

By A. SCOTT FERGUSON
Ashbury Park Press (New Jersey)

FREEHOLD, N.J. — A 27-year-old Middlesex County woman was sentenced this morning to 12 years in state prison for killing a 76-year-old Keansburg volunteer firefighter during a drunk-driving accident last year.

Under state law, Kristina L. Gogger, who lives South Amboy, will have to spend at least 10 years in prison before she becomes eigible for parole.

While coming back from a alcohol-fueled outing in Sandy Hook on Aug. 17, Gogger was driving through Keansburg when she struck Joseph F. Walsh, who was helping to direct traffic for the fire department. He later died at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.

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