Man sentenced to 6 years in death of USA TODAY reporter

A Washington, D.C., man will serve six years in prison for the hit-and-run death of USA TODAY national affairs reporter Oren Dorell.

Daryl Grant Alexander, 47, was sentenced Friday in D.C. Superior Court, the result of a plea deal reached in September. Alexander admitted to drinking alcohol and smoking PCP before he rear-ended Dorell, who had been stopped at an intersection in Washington on June 8. The collision pulled Dorell, who was riding a motorcycle, under Alexander’s Toyota Camry. Dorell, 53, died the next morning.