ALBUQUERQUE, NM. — A U.S. Air Force court-martial panel has sentenced a Kirtland Air Force Base airman to five years in a military prison on convictions stemming from a 2019 crash in Albuquerque that killed a pedestrian.

Airman 1st Class Calvin Cooper, 22, was sentenced Wednesday after being convicted Tuesday of involuntary manslaughter, negligent homicide and reckless driving in the death of Angelica Baca, 39.

Baca was standing in a median and waiting to finish crossing a street when she was struck by Cooper’s speeding car and killed instantly.

Baca’s mother, Rhonda Henson, said the outcome of the court case would provide some closure.

Cooper apologized in court and asked to be allowed to remain in the Air Force, but his sentence includes a discharge from the service for bad conduct.

However, the military court panel denied the prosecution’s request for a dishonorable discharge for Cooper, who could have been sentenced to up to 11 years in prison.

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