McKINNEY, Texas (AP) _ A Louisiana man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in the 2008 deaths of a Texas family headed home from church.
David Calhoun Jones of Metairie, La., was also fined $10,000 Friday during the end of his trial in the Dallas suburb of McKinney. Jones was convicted of five counts of manslaughter Thursday.
Authorities say the crash data recorder indicated Jones was going 98 mph when he crashed into a minivan carrying Geoff and
Christy Hart, their 12-year-old daughter and two foster children, ages 5 and 6. All five people in the van died.
Jones maintained he was driving safely and was on his way to pick up his daughter. He broke his spine and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He’s been in medical facilities since and requires a caretaker.
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