March 19, 2024

Driver in fatal hit-and-run sentenced to prison

DES MOINES — A driver who caused a fatal hit-and-run crash in Des Moines has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Ray Alexander Sangster, 21, was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in August to leaving the scene of a crash causing death. Police say Sangster was behind the wheel on April 6 when he hit 37-year-old Constantino Ayala as Ayala was crossing Southwest Ninth Street.