FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) " A man whose drunken driving crash claimed the life of a Miami Heat dancer has begun a 15-year sentence. The Miami Herald (https://goo.gl/DcFQI4 ) reports 49-year-old Mario Careaga turned himself in to authorities Monday in South Florida's Broward County. Authorities say 22-year-old Nancy Lopez-Ruiz was riding her motorcycle on a Fort Lauderdale street in September 2015 when Careaga struck her with his car. Lopez-Ruiz had just signed to dance with the NBA's Miami Heat at the time of the crash. ___Information from: The Miami Herald, http://www.herald.com

Source: New Zealand Herald March 14, 2017 11:15 UTC