The driver in a motorcycle crash that killed a North Scituate woman nearly five years ago has been sentenced.

 

On the night of June 6, 2021, William Botelho was riding a motorcycle with his passenger, 24-year-old Krystal Geraldo, down Acushnet Avenue in New Bedford when police said he lost control and hit a guardrail.

 

Both were seriously injured and taken to the hospital, where Geraldo died a few days later.

 

It wasn’t until 2023 that Botelho was charged with vehicular homicide by OUI in her death.

 

A jury convicted Botelho Tuesday on a lesser charge of vehicular manslaughter by negligence.

 

The state requested six months in prison and additional time on home confinement, while his defense sought a suspended six-month sentence.

 

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