ST. LOUIS (AP) - A St. Louis man who police said was driving drunk and speeding when he hit and killed a man and woman in 2017 has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Robert Lee Morris Jr., 25, pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of DWI-death of another in the Nov. 1, 2017, crash that killed Tolighta N. Morrow, 30, and Brian Greer, 36. Morrow’s 6-year-old daughter was critically injured.
In exchange for the plea, prosecutors dropped charges of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
Judge Michael Noble sentenced Morris to two concurrent seven-year prison terms.
Morris was under the influence of alcohol and driving up to 90 mph when he ran a stop light and struck the couple, prosecutors said.
Morrow was a forklift operator at General Motors for five years and an Army Reservist for 12 years, relatives said. She served in Iraq and Kuwait.
Morris has until April 5 to surrender to the St. Louis City Justice Center. His lawyer declined comment.
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