SC man gets 8 years for DUI crash that ended deputy’s career
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina gentleman has been purchased to shell out 8 many years in prison for a drunken driving crash that wounded a Lexington County deputy on his way to operate so badly he can never ever function as an officer again, prosecutors reported.
Jordan Nichols was rushing and driving in the wrong lane of condition Highway 6 when his SUV strike the marked sheriff’s office SUV head-on in June 2019, investigators mentioned.
It took emergency employees at least 20 minutes to slash Hal from his car or truck just after the crash and he endured a fractured pelvis and one of his thigh bones was dislocated, the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Place of work claimed in a statement.
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Nichols experienced a blood alcohol stage of .19%, which is more than 2 times the authorized limit, prosecutors claimed.
Nichols, 38, pleaded guilty to driving under the affect triggering excellent bodily personal injury. Circuit Court docket Choose R. Ferrell Cothran Jr. sentenced Nichols to the maximum of 15 many years in prison, suspended to 8 several years driving bars as prolonged as he properly completes 5 many years of probation.
The deputy and his spouse advised the decide how the decline of his legislation enforcement vocation has harm him, his wife and their located kids.
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