Drunk driver admits to killing pedestrian in Amherst

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Cheektowaga woman pleaded guilty to charges related to killing a pedestrian while driving drunk in Amherst last December, according to the Erie County District Attorney's Office. Jennifer Ortiz, 57, pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular manslaughter. Ortiz hit and killed a pedestrian near the intersection of Kensington Avenue and Harlem Road [...]