Driver gets prison in crash that killed Michigan newlyweds
ALLEGAN, Mich. (AP) - A man has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for a July 2018 crash that killed a newlywed couple in western Michigan near where they were married weeks earlier.
The Holland Sentinel reports 22-year-old Jacob Scot Damron of Wayland was given his punishment Monday after earlier pleading no contest to two felony counts of operating while intoxicated causing death. The plea isn't an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing purposes. His minimum sentence is just over 7 years.
The newspaper says Damron had used medical marijuana and was speeding. Defense lawyer Matthew Antkoviak says Damron also was taking an antidepressant.
The Allegan County sheriff's office says 24-year-old Logan Thunderland Allbaugh and 22-year-old Hannah (Kwekel) Allbaugh died following the crash in Heath Township after a car drove through a stop sign and struck their vehicle.
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Information from: The Holland Sentinel, http://www.thehollandsentinel.com