ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The man arrested on a charge of killing a Walt Disney World intern in a crash appeared in an Orange County court Friday.
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Jose Ruiz took a plea deal for leaving the scene of the hit-and-run crash in 2013.
Investigators said Ruiz hit 22-year-old Mahmoud Arabi on International Drive and kept driving.
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Ruiz was sentenced to 90 days in jail and credited for 46 days he had already served after being arrested last year.
The family of the intern said they are furious with the sentence that was handed to the driver.
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The victim’s mother watched the hearing from Australia and said she was outraged and disappointed.
“My son is in a box,” Nehed Arabi said. “My son can’t move anymore. I can’t see him anymore.”
Ruiz offered a brief apology to the victim’s family.
“I just want to say that I am truly and sincerely sorry,” he said.
Under the plea term, Ruiz will have his license suspended for three years and be on probation for the next five years.
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