GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter and drunken driving in the death of his 6-year-old son in a crash last summer.
The Daily Courier reported that 31-year-old Jeffrey Wade of Cave Junction had a blood alcohol level of 0.17 percent, more than twice the legal limit for drivers.
Wade was driving at nearly 70 mph last August when his sport utility vehicle left the road and spun into a tree, killing his son, Larry Wade, a kindergarten student.
Four others were hurt, including Wade’s 9-year-old son, Jacob. The family had been coming home from an outing at the Illinois River and the children were in the rear of the SUV, not wearing seat belts.
