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Illegal Immigrant Gets 10 Years for Killing Two With Truck While Drunk

Believe you have enough Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist  insurance on your auto policy to take care of your family if the worst happens to you, and the other driver has minimal or no liability coverage. Consider this unfortunate situation before you think, "Yes."

An illegal immigrant was sentenced December 9th to 10 years in prison for killing two people when he wrecked a truck while driving drunk in South Richmond.

After Richmond City prosecutors agreed to drop felony leaving the scene of an accident and DUI charges against the Mexican national, Carmen Alejandro Garcia-Hernandez, 30, pleaded guilty on October 9 to two counts of aggravated involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of Kathryn L. Jones, 44, and Joseph Owens, 40. The victims were standing between two parked cars outside a residence following a housewarming party last May when a truck operated by Garcia-Hernandez left the roadway and struck one parked car, crushing Jones and Owens between it and another parked car. His BAC two hours after the crash was more than twice the legal limit.

Richmond Circuit Court Judge Bradley B. Cavedo sentenced Garcia-Hernandez to 10 years on each of the manslaughter counts, with five years suspended on each. Garcia-Hernandez's attorney reported federal immigration authorities have notified Virginia officials of their intent to take Garcia-Hernandez into custody and likely deport him to Mexico once his state prison term is finished.