Man sentenced in UTV crash that killed girlfriend

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man charged for his role in driving a utility vehicle that crashed and killed his girlfriend was sentenced to 60 days in prison and five years probation.

Rockingham resident Andrew Ielpi, 28, was sentenced Tuesday in connection with a UTV crash that killed his girlfriend, Angelique Frost, 23, in 2016, the Brattelboro Reformer reported.

Ielpi was operating the utility terrain vehicle at a high rate of speed over a large mound that covered a culvert and lost control of the vehicle, police said. Frost, of Westminster, was ejected, struck a tree and died.

Ielpi pleaded no contest in March to operating a vehicle in a negligent manner resulting in death and reckless endangerment in connection with the deadly crash.

Ielpi’s attorney said his client loved Frost and that the crash was an accident and not not “dark hearted or evil.”

“I am sorry to the family and I take full responsibility,” Ielpi said during the a sentencing hearing.

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