Alabama Driver Sentenced to 30 Years for Fatal High-Speed Crash

August 5, 2016

A man in Blount County, Alabama, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for going more than 100 miles per hour in a 2014 crash that killed one of his passengers.

Al.com reports that 25-year-old Tyler L. Reynolds was sentenced July 27 after being convicted of reckless murder in April in the death of 20-year-old Melissa Gilbert of Remlap.

The crash occurred at about 1:15 a.m. on June 1, 2014 in Oneonta when the vehicle left the roadway, hit multiple trees and rolled several times.

Another passenger in the vehicle, Philip Pearson, testified that just moments before the crash, he screamed for Reynolds to slow down while putting on his seat belt.

Witnesses testified that Reynolds went home, took a shower, and went to bed without reporting the wreck.

Topics Personal Auto Alabama

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  • August 5, 2016 at 2:12 pm
    normct says:
    An afterthought: Maybe you have a point. 30 years sentence, compare that to a Massachusetts US Senator who left a party on Chappaquiddick Island, drove into a pond resulting i... read more
  • August 5, 2016 at 2:02 pm
    normct says:
    Apples and bananas! Trying to compare person driving impaired to a stone cold killer who went home showered and went to bed obviously showing no remorse. Not to mention the fa... read more
  • August 5, 2016 at 1:37 pm
    mrbob says:
    Not to say that this individual did not deserve a harsh sentence, how is it that drunk drivers kill and get off with far less penalty? Just does not seem right.

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