Man Sentenced after Fatal Drunk Driving Wreck
Posted/updated on: August 20, 2011 at 5:15 am
LUFKIN — A Lufkin man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for intoxication manslaughter. Leobardo Nieves, 20, accepted a plea bargain yesterday in an Angelina County courtroom. The accident happened January 29th when Nieves ran a red light on Loop 287 and Lotus Lane in Lufkin and struck another vehicle driven by 45-year-old Connie McKay. The teacher was pronounced dead at the scene. her teenage daughter was thrown from the vehicle, but survived. Nieves fled the scene and was arrested a short time later by Lufkin Police.
