Men Get Community Service, Probation In Crash That Killed Road Commission Intern
MONROE (WWJ/AP) - Two men have been sentenced to community service and probation following the death of a Monroe County Road Commission intern in a 2015 traffic crash.
Sixty-year-old semi-truck driver Robert McDonald, of Fenton, and 68-year-old salvage yard owner Thomas Damron, of Temperance, learned their punishment earlier this week, The Monroe News reported. They each got 75 days of community service and 18 months of probation.
"You're going to live with this the rest of your life," District Judge Jarod M. Calkins said in court. "I don't think I can do anything to punish you more than you will punish yourself. But I don't want anyone walking out of the courtroom thinking you're not at fault."
McDonald and Damron both apologized before hearing their sentences. They earlier pleaded no contest to a charge of moving violation causing death, a misdemeanor that carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail.
Authorities say 18-year-old Sean Brady of Monroe was killed in the May 21, 2015, crash that happened when a semi that was being scrapped was being towed behind another semi. Brady's passenger in the road commission pickup was injured.
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