Man sentenced to 25 years for DUI fatality - MSNewsNow.com - Jackson, MS

Man sentenced to 25 years for DUI fatality

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - A 43-year-old Starkville man charged with leaving the scene of a May 2011 accident in which an 11-year-old boy was killed and three others injured has been sentenced in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.

The Commercial Dispatch reports Curtis Chandler pleaded guilty last week to two counts of aggravated DUI. He was sentenced to serve 25 years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections and ordered to pay a $2,000 fine.

In addition to the 11-year-old boy who was killed, a 12-year-old girl and 39-year-old woman were injured, as well as another 15-year-old occupant.

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