VISTA (CNS) - A 23-year-old Temecula woman who was under the influence of prescription medication when she killed another motorist in a head-on Pauma Valley crash earlier this year was sentenced today to six years in state prison. Alyssa Thielemann pleaded guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated for causing the Jan. 2 crash that killed 43-year-old Winchester resident Paula Napoli. She also admitted an allegation of inflicting great bodily injury. At a hearing earlier this year, Deputy District Attorney David Uyar said Thielemann ``had a number of various, prescription medications in her system,'' which impaired her ability to operate a vehicle. According to the California Highway Patrol, Thielemann tried to pass other vehicles on state Route 76 that night, then crashed
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