FULTON COUNTY, Ga.,None — The woman convicted in a deadly hit-and-run crash could be out of jail in seven years.
Earlier this month, a judge sentenced Aimee Michael, 24, to 36 years in prison and 14 years on probation.
On Tuesday, a state Board of Pardons and Paroles official said Michael will be eligible for parole in seven years, however that does not mean a parole board will release her.
Michael was found guilty on Nov. 1 of causing the crash that killed five people on Easter Sunday 2009 and then fleeing the scene.
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Robert and Delisia Carter, their newborn son, Ethan, and Delisia Carter's 9-year-old daughter, Kayla, died in the chain-reaction crash on Camp Creek Parkway, a few miles west of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Also killed was 6-year-old Morgan Johnson, whose mother, 43-year-old Tracie Johnson of Atlanta, was injured.
Michael was found guilty on five counts of vehicular homicide, one count of serious bodily injury, six counts of hit-and-run and misdemeanors including reckless driving, failure to maintain lane and tampering with evidence.
Her mother, 52-year-old former school teacher Sheila Michael, was also sentenced to eight years in prison for her role in the cover-up. She pleaded guilty to two counts of tampering with evidence and hindering the apprehension of a criminal before Aimee Michael's trial began.