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Emma Czornobaj had been convicted in June of two counts each
of criminal negligence and dangerous driving causing death.
According to media reports on Thursday, Czornobaj stopped her
car abruptly in the passing lane of a highway south of Montreal
when she saw the ducklings. The motorcycle behind Czornobaj's
car then crashed into her vehicle, killing the 50-year-old man
driving the motorcycle and his 16-year-old daughter.
"I just wanted to pick all these ducklings up and put them in my
car," Czornobaj had testified during her trial. "I know it was a
mistake."
The jail time will be served on the weekends. Czornobaj was also
sentenced to 240 hours of community service, probation and
banned from driving for 10 years.
Prosecutors had sought a nine-month jail sentence.
(Reporting by Leah Schnurr; Editing by Peter Galloway)
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