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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Drunk Driver Gets More Than 6 Years Behind Bars

35-year-old Vincent Eric Reid of Wright Street will serve six and half years in a federal penitentiary for his involvement in a fatal two-vehicle crash on the Golden Grove Road over the Victory Day long weekend.

Reid earlier plead guilty to five charges including impaired driving causing the death of Gerald Troy Bridges.

On May 22, both trucks were returning from the same event in Barnesville when Reid swerved over the yellow line and collided with a blue Tahoe head-on.
 
Officers say his blood alcohol level that night was four times over the legal limit.
 
Bridges' girlfriend, Teresa Ryans, was injured in the accident and read a victim impact statement to the court. 
 
She says when she closes her eyes she either sees Bridges' eyes or the headlights of a Dodge truck coming towards her.
 
Reid is also facing a 20-year driving ban.