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Teen Goes to Prison for Fatal Car Crash

The 19-year-old Woodstock teen, who was charged with vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs when he crashed his car on May 19, 2007, killing a passenger in the vehicle, was sentenced Wednesday to 1 ½ to 4 ½ years in state prison.

Zephyr Dresser-Peck was with two other teens at 5:40 a.m. when they left an after-prom party on Maverick Road in Woodstock.

Killed in the crash was Andrew Dean-Lipson, 19, also of Woodstock.

Authorities had said Dresser-Peck’s car ran across the road, where he overcorrected, went off the road, became airborne and struck several trees. Dean-Lipson was thrown from the car and pronounced dead at the scene. A third boy in the car was apparently not seriously injured.

Dresser-Peck was sentenced in Ulster County Court in Kingston. Because of the large number of people who attended the sentencing, it had to be moved to a larger room. Several of those in attendance were part of, or in support of, a new group called AWARENESS alcohol program that supports education and community service as an alternative to hard prison time in cases like this.

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