A Quincy woman was sentenced to six months in jail for a Quincy drunk driving accident that seriously injured a motorcyclist and resulted in the loss of his leg, the Patriot Ledger reported.
Massachusetts OUI accidents that result in injury are particularly serious cases and should always be handled by an experienced Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer.
In this case, the woman was found guilty by a jury of drunken driving with negligence, and causing serious bodily injury. The accident happened nearly two years ago on Neponset River Bridge.
The judge added a two-year suspended sentence and revoked her driver's license for two years. She also must attend 12-step meetings twice a week, abstain from alcohol and drugs and submit to random drug testing.
The victim, a one-time construction worker who was in court with a prosthetic leg, was sympathetic when talking to the media outside the courthouse. He said a long period of probation seemed more fitting for the defendant, who turned into the wrong lane on the bridge, striking the motorcyclist and costing him his leg.
Troopers had testified the defendant was unsteady on her feet, was slurring her speech, and failed field sobriety tests. The jury rejected a defense argument that troopers exaggerated the findings.
The defendant was a juvenile probation officer at the time of the accident, which happened Aug. 23, 2008.
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