BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — A person charged with DUI leading to dying learns how lengthy he’ll spend in jail.
Charles Yancey was driving underneath the affect of marijuana and suboxone when he crashed his automobile in January of 2019. There have been three different folks within the automobile, together with Crystal Wooden, who died within the passenger seat.
Raleigh County Prosecuting Legal professional Ben Hatfield mentioned they had been in a position to show the medication had been the reason for the accident.
“Whenever you finish somebody’s life due to your drug or alcohol downside, there’s no obligation that the system owes you to repair your drug or alcohol downside. You’re going to need to pay a worth to your crime,” Hatfield mentioned.
Yancey pleaded responsible to DUI leading to dying. He was sentenced to three to fifteen years.
Deputies with the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Division had been known as to the scene of a lethal accident on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. It occurred at round 8:30 p.m. on Odd Street in Odd, WV.
In response to a launch, the suspect was rushing when he ran off the street and hit a tree. There have been three folks within the automobile with him on the time. Two of the passengers had been critically injured within the crash, one individual was killed. The driving force was not injured.
Charles Yancey, 22, of Odd was arrested. He’s dealing with costs of leaving the scene of an accident involving dying, DUI inflicting dying, two counts of DUI inflicting critical bodily harm, no operator’s license, no insurance coverage and no registration.
Yancey is being held within the Southern Regional Jail. He has not been arraigned but.
