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Man to serve 6 to 12 years after pleading guilty to DUI crash that killed driver, tow truck operator

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Man to serve 6 to 12 years after pleading guilty to DUI crash that killed driver, tow truck operator

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WEBVTT CONNECT SHOWER TO THE CRIME THIS WEEK. HE’S CHARGED WITH THE HIT&RUN, DUI, AND DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED OR REVOKED LICENSE. JANELLE: A VIRGINIA MAN WHO WAS INTOXICATED WHEN HE CRASHED INTO A TOW TRUCK ON ROUTE 222, KILLING TWO MEN WILL SERVE UP TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON. ANTHONY CALDWELL HIT AND KILLED TOW-TRUCK OPERATOR 44-YEAR-OLD RALPH WATROUS, AND 46-YEAR-OLD ROBERT BUCKWALTER, A DRIVER WHO WAS BEING TOWED. POLICE DETERMINED CALDWELL HAD A BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONTENT OF POINT-ZERO-88% SHORTLY AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 10 2017 CRASH IN WEST EARL TOW
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Man to serve 6 to 12 years after pleading guilty to DUI crash that killed driver, tow truck operator

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A Virginia man who pleaded guilty to a DUI crash that killed a tow truck operator and a driver in Lancaster County last year was sentenced to six to 12 years in prison, a spokesman for the district attorney's office said.Anthony Caldwell was driving along Route 222 in West Earl Township when he struck and killed tow truck operator Ralph Watrous, 44, and 46-year-old Robert Buckwalter, who was receiving the tow, officials said.Police said they determined Caldwell, 31, had a blood-alcohol content of .088 percent shortly after the Sept. 10, 2017, crash. Caldwell pleaded guilty to the following charges: - Vehicular homicide while DUI (two counts)- Vehicular homicide (two counts)- DUI (two counts)- Accident involving death while not properly licensed (two counts)- Five summary traffic violations, for passing the tow truck in an immediately adjacent lane (two counts), driving while not properly licensed, reckless driving, and a lane violation

A Virginia man who pleaded guilty to a DUI crash that killed a tow truck operator and a driver in Lancaster County last year was sentenced to six to 12 years in prison, a spokesman for the district attorney's office said.

Anthony Caldwell was driving along Route 222 in West Earl Township when he struck and killed tow truck operator Ralph Watrous, 44, and 46-year-old Robert Buckwalter, who was receiving the tow, officials said.

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Anthony Caldwell

Police said they determined Caldwell, 31, had a blood-alcohol content of .088 percent shortly after the Sept. 10, 2017, crash.

Caldwell pleaded guilty to the following charges:

- Vehicular homicide while DUI (two counts)

- Vehicular homicide (two counts)

- DUI (two counts)

- Accident involving death while not properly licensed (two counts)

- Five summary traffic violations, for passing the tow truck in an immediately adjacent lane (two counts), driving while not properly licensed, reckless driving, and a lane violation