Jail Sentence for Intoxicated Assault
Posted/updated on: September 21, 2011 at 10:21 am
ANGELINA COUNTY — A Matagorda man who critically injured a Lufkin man in a drunk driving accident last year will serve time in prison. Cecil Brannon, 50, was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week for intoxicated assault causing serious bodily injury. With the charge against him being a third-degree felony, Brannon received the maximum sentence but is to be considered for shock probation within 180 days.
Brannon is responsible for the Nov. 6 wreck that critically injured 61-year-old Koshy Alexander. Alexander was taken to Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin following the accident in front of Winston 8 Ranch and then airlifted to Memorial Hermann Hospital. Alexander was traveling north on U.S. Highway 59 when his white Honda CRV was struck by Brannon. Brannon, traveling south on U.S. 59, lost control of his vehicle after slamming on his brakes to avoid rear-ending a vehicle in front of him. He then went into the northbound lane, hitting Alexander’s car head-on.
Brannon has a history of DWI and DUI in Matagorda County dating to 1990.
