The driver who caused a deadly crash in Lakewood last June while driving drunk will spend more than a decade in prison.
On Monday, a Jefferson County District judge sentenced Ilya Slavin for his role in the crash that killed 65-year-old Beth Bargas.
According to the affidavit, Lakewood police estimated that he was traveling more than double the posted speed limit of 35 mph when he slammed into Bargas’ vehicle at the intersection of Colfax Avenue and Garrison Street on June 5, 2024. After the crash, Slavin’s truck rolled into a nearby shopping center and hit another car.
Bargas was killed. She was on her way to work the morning with her colleague, Ada Hernandez, who was seriously injured in the crash. Her dog was also killed.
Harmony Pointe Nursing Center in Lakewood, where both women worked, dedicated a fountain in Bargas’ honor.
In November, Slavin pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, and cruelty to animals, according to the 1st Judicial District Attorney’s Office. The remaining counts were dismissed.
On Monday, the judge sentenced him to 12 years on the vehicular homicide count and three for the vehicular assault charge for a total of 15 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC).
He was also sentenced to 364 days in jail related to the animal cruelty charge which will run concurrent to his DOC sentence. Upon his release, he will serve a mandatory three years of parole.
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