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Man gets 10 months in jail for drunken fleeing of accident

ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Haifa Traffic Court on Tuesday sentenced Yaakov Wig, 28, to ten months in prison for driving drunk, running a red light and causing an accident which he fled without helping those injured.
In addition to the jail time, Wig was fined NIS 1,500 and had his license suspended for two-and-a-half years.
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