An Albrightsville woman was sentenced to at least three to a maximum of 10 years in a state prison Friday for a deadly hit-and-run involving a pedestrian in Lehighton.

Judge Steven R. Serfass sentenced Jennifer Roxanne Coleman, 46, to serve the prison term on a charge of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence.

Coleman was charged following a hit-and-run in which she struck a pedestrian and then fled the scene. The pedestrian, Vincent Smith Sr., 64, of Lehighton, was taken to the Lehighton hospital then flown to St. Luke’s in Bethlehem, where he died. The incident occurred on Nov. 8, 2015. She was driving a Ford F150 pickup, which she had taken without the owner’s permission.

On Nov. 8, officer Bruce T. Broyles was dispatched to the 100 block of South First Street for a man who had been struck by a vehicle.

The Carbon County Communications Center reported that the vehicle, a blue Ford F-150 pickup with an extended cab, fled the scene.

None of the on-scene witnesses could provide a registration for the vehicle. However, the communications center advised that a vehicle with two people who had seen the pickup strike the pedestrian were following the truck and gave the registration.

Sgt. Joseph Lawrence, of the borough police department, stopped the pickup in front of New England Motor Freight on Mahoning Drive East. The two witnesses also stopped and gave a written statement. The driver of the pickup was determined to be Coleman. Her driver’s license was expired as of Sept. 20, 2015.

Lawrence said Coleman had slurred speech, and she was incoherent as well as sluggish. Lawrence said Coleman appeared to be off balance as she walked and had to lean against her vehicle as she stood outside.

Cpl. Shawn Noonan of the Lehighton state police barracks arrived and took Coleman into custody after several field tests for more in-depth testing at Gnaden Huetten Hospital in Lehighton.

Once at the hospital, Noonan determined Coleman to be under the influence of a controlled substance. Coleman agreed to a blood test. The test revealed Coleman had a high dose of Valium in her system along with marijuana. At the stop police also seized more than $11,710 in cash from Coleman’s purse.

Court-appointed attorney Michael P. Gough said his client had a history of alcohol and drug abuse. He said she was abused as a child by her father. He also said she has had no relationship with her parents or family members for a long time. She also has children but has had no contact with them for a period of time.

Coleman told investigators at the time of the incident that she had no memory of what happened and didn’t know she had struck someone until police said she did.

On Friday she continued to claim that she could not remember the incident, but said, “I’m taking full responsibility for my actions. I will carry this with me the rest of my life.” She added, “I’m sorry this ever happened, and I apologize to the family.”

Serfass called the entire case “tragic.” He said it was especially tragic for the Smith family. He told Coleman he would take into consideration that “you have acknowledged your responsibility for this.”

On a DUI charge she was sentenced to serve 72 hours to six months in jail, a fine of $1,000 and one-year license suspension. The jail term is concurrent with the first count.

Coleman was also ordered to get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations, supply a DNA sample, make restitution of $3,127.40 for damages and pay court costs of about $1,000.

She was given credit for 803 days spent in prison to date on the charges.