Nashville Woman Sentenced In Hit-And-Run Case
June 29, 2011
A Nashville, Tennessee, judge handed down a rather unusual sentence last Thursday. A criminal court judge sentenced a 37-year-old woman to spend a week in jail twice a year, on Father’s Day and Christmas weekends, for the next ten years.
In addition to the unusual jail time, the drunken driver will also be required to speak at schools across the state on the dangers of drinking and driving on the victim’s birthday and the anniversary of the accident. Additionally, the woman’s license was suspended for at least three years and must complete a drug and alcohol treatment program.
News Channel 5 reports, the accident occurred on October 27, 2009, on the westbound shoulder of I-40 near Spence Lane in Nashville. The victim was a 44-year-old tow truck driver who was loading his daughter’s broken down car onto his truck, when he was struck. He later died at Vanderbilt Medical Center. The woman fled the scene, and was found asleep in her car in a parking lot. She was charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication.
The victim took pride in his role as president for the Nashville chapter of the Iron Order MC, a Nationally recognized motorcycle club. An article by News 2 reported hundreds attended his funeral by motorcycle following the accident.
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