A local woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison after killing a man in a hit-and-run while driving under the influence, prosecutors said July 16.
Nancy Williams, 64, was driving along Bannerman Road near Blue Smokey Drive just before 8 a.m. last June 2, according to a news release from the State Attorney’s Office. She struck and killed a 58-year-old surveyor after she lost control of her vehicle and it veered off the road.
“The defendant did not stop to render aid but instead left the scene of the accident,” the news release says. “The victim would, tragically, succumb to his injuries.”
Evidence later found that she was impaired at the time, with an analysis of Williams’ blood showing a reading more than twice the legal limit for alcohol consumption, prosecutors said. She was arrested on charges of DUI manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crash involving death, records show.
Despite attempts to reduce the sentence, the court imposed “the maximum sentence allowable for DUI manslaughter, citing the Defendant’s failure to render aid, especially in light of the Defendant’s prior employment as a nurse,” the release says.
Her 15 years in prison will be followed by 15 years of probation. Longtime criminal defense attorney Fred Conrad of Tallahassee represented Williams. Assistant State Attorney Adrian Mood prosecuted. Circuit Judge Tiffany Baker-Carper presided.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Prosecutors: Former nurse sentenced to 15 years in prison for DUI manslaughter
Reporting by Staff report / Tallahassee Democrat
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