CINCINNATI — A drunk driver with a history of offenses received the maximum sentence Saturday for killing a couple from Cincinnati.
The crash occurred in Florida last June.
Illegal immigrant Jesus Bernal admitted he was drunk when he crashed his pickup into James and Margie Rook. Bernal had two prior DUI convictions, and the judge sentenced him to 55 years in prison after he pleaded guilty last week to three counts of DUI manslaughter and two counts of DUI with serious bodily injury.
The Rooks died when Bernal’s pickup truck collided head-on with their car on U.S. Highway 331 in Walton County.
A daughter and her friend were seriously hurt in the crash.http://www.wlwt.com/news/14504576/detail.html
