Man Goes to Prison for Fatal Accident in 2010
Posted/updated on: March 21, 2013 at 6:12 pm
MARSHALL — A Marshall jury has sentenced a Longview man to prison for murder stemming from a fatal auto accident in November, 2010. The jury on Tuesday found Charles Ray Owens Jr., 37, guilty. On Wednesday, Owens was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
Owens was involved in a traffic accident in which Robert Smith, 62, of Longview was killed. The Department of Public Safety reports Owens was fleeing from a state trooper when his car ran through a stop sign and crashed into Smith’s vehicle. The officer had been trying to stop Owens for speeding. The accident occurred at the Intersection of Loop 281 and Paige Road, on the Harrison County side of Longview.
