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Burlco man gets prison in Delaware River crash that killed girlfriend

Jacob Garrett fled the scene of Jan. 14 crash that killed 23-year-old Stephanie White.

Jacob T. Garrett was sentenced to 15 years in prison for January car crash that killed Stephanie White.
Jacob T. Garrett was sentenced to 15 years in prison for January car crash that killed Stephanie White.Read moreBurlington County Prosecutor's Office

A 25-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in New Jersey state prison for a car crash into the Delaware River in January that killed his girlfriend, said Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina.

Jacob T. Garrett, of Burlington City, pleaded guilty in July to first-degree vehicular homicide for the Jan. 14 crash that killed 23-year-old Stephanie White, also of Burlington City. Garrett fled the scene after his car veered off Riverbank Road in Burlington City and into the Delaware. He was apprehended a short time later, and had a blood-alcohol level of 0.17 percent, officials said.

White was found inside the partially submerge car with her seat belt still fastened. She was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.