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eronica Bilbao de la Vega, wife of One Sotheby's International Realty President Daniel de la Vega, has been sentenced to probation for her role in a fatal car accident that killed a University of Miami student last year. The incident occurred when Bilbao de la Vega turned left onto LeJeune Road from Altara Avenue and struck 22-year-old Daniel Bishop, who was riding an electric scooter in the crosswalk.

    Bilbao de la Vega, an assistant public defender in Miami-Dade County, pleaded no contest to charges of failure to use due care and driving with an expired license. She was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, serve 500 hours of community service, and complete court costs.

    Daniel Bishop had survived the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, two years prior to his death. His family plans to file a civil lawsuit against Daniel and Veronica de la Vega, citing that criminal law does not adequately punish negligent conduct resulting in severe consequences.

    In a statement, Daniel de la Vega expressed the family's devastation over the accident, saying they are "completely distraught and heartbroken" for the Bishop family. Bilbao de la Vega told police she didn't see Bishop and looked right to check for oncoming traffic before striking him. She had renewed her license four days after the crash, which expired about four years prior.

    Daniel de la Vega leads Miami-based One Sotheby's International Realty, one of South Florida's top luxury brokerage firms, co-founded by him and his mother in 2008.