Katrina CornwellNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville judge has sentenced a woman to spend the next 10 Christmases and Father's Days in jail rather than serve her time all at once for vehicular homicide by intoxication.
Criminal Court Judge Mark Fishburn on Thursday sentenced Katrina Cornwell for the October 27, 2009 death of Eddie McCreery on Interstate 40 in Nashville.
She will spend a week in jail over Father's day weekend and a week in jail over Christmas for the next years.
Additionally, on the dates of McCreery's birth and death she is to speak at a school about the dangers of drinking and driving. The judge also revoked her license for at least three years.
She will also lose her license for at least 3 years and must continue treatment and speaking engagements.
McCreery, a tow truck driver, was struck on the shoulder of the interstate while loading his daughter's disabled car. Cornwell left the scene and was later found asleep in her car at a parking lot at Opry Mills Mall.
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