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Escambia Man Gets 7 Years For Hwy 29 DUI Crash
September 10, 2014
An Escambia County man has been sentenced to almost seven years in prison for a DUI crash that injured multiple people last year at Highway 29 and Tate School Road.
Curtis Francis Ward, 57, was sentenced by Circuit Judge Terry Terrell to 81.9 months in state prison followed by 98.1 months of probation for child neglect causing great bodily harm. Terrell also sentenced Ward to five years probation to be served consecutively for two counts of DUI with serious bodily injury and one count of child neglect causing great bodily harm.
The charges stemmed from a traffic crash on December 1, 2013, on Highway 29 at Tate School Road. According to the FHP, Ward drove his 2004 Jeep Liberty the wrong way on Highway 29, causing the head-on collission with a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado driven by 42-year Kimberly Hall of Brewton. Her front seat passenger, 42-year old Kenneth Hall of Brewton sustained the worst injuries, receiving multiple broken bones and has required multiple surgeries.
Ward’s two children, ages 7 and 8, were in his vehicle. One child sustained internal injuries requiring surgery.
Ward’s blood was drawn and sent to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, where it was found to contain a 0.173 blood alcohol content, well over the legal limit.
NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
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One Response to “Escambia Man Gets 7 Years For Hwy 29 DUI Crash”
Hopefully his children were taken from him as well. He doesn’t deserve to have them if he’s driving them around drunk. Pathetic! Hopefully all of the innocent people involved in this recover.