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Nov 9, 2009 11:59 am US/Central

Drunk Driver In Fatal Crash Sentenced To 9 Years

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) ― The Minneapolis woman who was charged with killing a man in a multi-car accident in Brooklyn Center, due to drinking and driving, was sentenced to 9 and a half years total in jail.

Melissa Heus, 32, was had a blood alcohol level of more than four times the legal limit when her SUV slammed into the back of James Wolter's car on 66th Street and Highway 252 on Dec. 13.

Wolter, 37, was killed in the crash after his car started on fire. Witnesses to the crash tried to save Wolter but to no avail. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Heus pleaded guilty to one count of criminal vehicular homicide. She was sentenced Monday morning to eight years on one count and another 18 months on a second count. The sentences will run concurrently.

Heus has a previous conviction in Hennepin County of driving while intoxicated from 2004, as well as another in Wisconsin from 2006.

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