SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah man with several drunk driving convictions has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for running over and killing a 4-year-old boy while driving drunk.
Carl Wayne Johnson, 57, was sentenced after pleading guilty to automobile homicide involving DUI. Lesser charges were dismissed under a plea deal with prosecutors.
He was behind the wheel of a GMC in November when he hit a mother and child in a crosswalk. Holden Curtis, 4, was killed and his mother suffered a broken femur, according to court records.
The court ordered Johnson to serve an indeterminate sentence of one-to-fifteen years in prison.
Johnson had three prior DUI convictions before the fatal crash.
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Story has been corrected to show that the victim was 4 years old.
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