NEW HAVEN — One year after the car he was driving struck and killed a motorcyclist, a city man has been sentenced to serve four years in prison.
Luis Lala, 28, of Ellsworth Avenue, had pleaded guilty to evading responsibility involving the death of a person: Bobby Sunshine Pinkston, 37, of West Haven.
Police said Lala’s vehicle collided with Pinkston and his motorcycle at the corner of Whalley and Ellsworth avenues at about 5:30 a.m. on June 29, 2018. Pinkston was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he died.
