Altenburg,MO : Two men sentenced to prison for roles in fatal crash on may, Tuesday 23th 2017
Two men pleaded guilty this month to felony charges for their part in a wreck that killed an Altenburg, Missouri, man in September.
Marcelino Carmona- Cruz, 25, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for first-degree involuntary manslaughter, and Samuel C. Salinas, 18, was sentenced to four years.
Carl Black, 59, of Altenburg was killed Sept. 12, 2016, when Carmona-Cruz’s vehicle failed to stay in one lane on Interstate 55 near mile marker 100.8, according to a probable-cause statement filed in the case by Cape Girardeau police Cpl. Jason Jurgens.
The 1991 Geo Tracker that Black drove spun off the road and flipped, throwing him from the vehicle, according to the statement.
After the accident, Carmona-Cruz and Salinas threw beer cans out of their car and fled on foot, according to the statement.
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Two men sentenced to prison for roles in fatal crash