Gary Dean Coleman III, 37, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Judge Woodward’s 119th District Court on Tuesday, when he plead guilty to two charges stemming from a three-car fatality crash that occurred in November last year.
The crash occurred on Nov. 5, 2013 at approximately 10:55 p.m., a Tuesday, at the intersection of 33rd and Bryant when Coleman attempted to turn left on 33rd, pulling in front of a Dodge truck. Coleman’s car was struck by the oncoming vehicle and then collided with a Ford Ranger stopped at a sign in the intersection.
At the time of the crash, Coleman’s blood alcohol level was beyond the legal limit and his 11-year-old son was in the back seat of the car. The boy was partially ejected from the vehicle in the crash and a 53-year-old passenger, Jimmy Gann, was found to be deceased in the front seat of the car. Both Coleman and his son were transported to the hospital with injuries.
According to a complaint filed with the court, responding officers noticed a strong odor of alcohol emitting from Coleman at the scene. Reports state that Coleman later told the attending physician he “probably had a couple of beers earlier”, the complaint states.
Coleman’s son sustained a fractured hip and multiple lacerations to his face that required stitches.
Coleman has a lengthy history of intoxication charges, including a June 26, 2001 and a Nov. 20, 2007 conviction for driving while intoxicated. When he was jailed on Nov. 5, 2013, Coleman was charged with intoxication manslaughter with vehicle, intoxication assault causing serious bodily injury using vehicle, DWI 3rd or more and DWI with child under 15 years of age.
Coleman plead guilty to intoxication manslaughter with vehicle and intoxication assault causing serious bodily injury using vehicle on Tuesday in Judge Ben Woodward’s court, in agreement that the state drop the inclusion of the term deadly weapon in both charges, which was part of the original indictment. Both DWI charges were dismissed.
For each charge, Coleman was sentenced to 10 years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The sentences will run concurrently. He was also ordered to pay $80 restitution.
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