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A man has been sentenced to state prison in a 114 mph crash on the Garden State Parkway that took the life of another driver. Rolando Godwin, 47, of Newark, received a 12-year sentence on Friday, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release. He pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter earlier this year. The crash happened around 2:45 a.m. on Feb. 15, 2021. Godwin’s SUV was traveling at a speed of 114 mph when it struck another car from behind in the southbound lanes of the Parkway near the Clark exit, authorities said. State troopers found the victim’s car engulfed in flames ne…

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