An Egyptian man who killed an Army veteran in a drunk driving crash claimed he should not face the maximum sentence because jail time would trigger his PTSD from the Arab Spring.
Amr Elzagh, 44, was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and driving under the influence of intoxicants for the deadly January 2, 2022, collision.
Elzagh was driving on the wrong side of Interstate 5 in Portland when he crashed head-first into 34-year-old Salvador Manuel Rodriguez-Lopez.
Rodriguez-Lopez was a veteran who served in the Army for seven years and was a father to three young children, according to KPTV.
He had just celebrated his birthday the week before he was killed and dreamed of opening a flower shop.
