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Arkansas Man Gets 12 Years In Prison For Killing 3 People In Car Accident

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Updated: January 7, 2009
An Arkansas man has been sentenced to twelve years in prison for crashing into a stalled van and killing three people on a bridge over the Mississippi River. Mark Allen Richards pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide after killing a couple from Stillwater, Oklahoma, and their nephew from Jasper, Texas. The prosecutor in the case said Richards suddenly and recklessly switched traffic lanes just before the crash. The lawyer also said Richards had a small amount of illegal stimulant in his blood at the time of crash.

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