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Franklin man pleads guilty, sentenced for January 2016 hit-and-run crash

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INDIANAPOLIS -- A Franklin man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for a serious hit-and-run crash that injured three people in January 2016. 

Will Slinger was charged with leaving the scene of an accidentcausing serious bodily injury.

Slinger was arrested after a tip led police to his SUV.

He was also convicted in a 2005 DUI crash that killed a Franklin woman. Slinger told police he smoked marijuana before the fatal collision.

While out on bond, he was arrested for another DUI crash.

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In addition to four years behind bars for the 2016 crash, Slinger was sentenced to three-and-a-half years probation.