On Thursday, November 5 2009, a Florida woman lost her driver's license for life and was sentenced to 25 years in prison after a traffic accident in April. Florida Highway Patrol investigated the accident, and assistant state attorney John Molchan prosecuted the case.
Pleading no contest to one count of DUI property damage, two counts of DUI with serious bodily injury, two counts of DUI manslaughter in September, June struck a vehicle head-on on April 4. The accident killed the other driver, James I. Dixon, 58, and his passenger Teresa Lunsford, 27, both of Milton, Florida.
James Dixon died at the scene of the accident from the injuries he sustained in the accident, and Lunsford died after arriving at the Sacred Heart Hospital.
Additional injuries resulting from the accident include those of seven-year-old Celina Capps, and eight-year-old Melissa Hopkins.
Florida Highway Patrol reports show that the impact caused Celina Capps to be ejected through the passenger side window.
Upon arriving at the scene, officers tested Coriell's blood alcohol level, which was at .108. Florida state's legal limit is .08. Coriell was arrested for DUI.
Judge Gary Bergosh could have given Coriell a sentence of up to 41 years for the charges Coriell plead no contest to.
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