On Thursday a Texas man who caused a fatal car accident last year in southeastern Utah in which three people died, pleaded guilty on Thursday to three counts of class A misdemeanor negligent homicide and was ordered to serve 60 days in jail and 12 months probation.
David Lewis, 29, of Saginaw, Texas, was originally charged with three counts of second-degree felony manslaughter in connection with the August 2013 crash.
The accident happened on August 16, 2013 on State Road 191 about 30 miles south of Moab when Lewis tried to pass a semitrailer and collided with an oncoming vehicle. Juan Vidales, 54, who was in the front passenger seat of Lewis’ car, was killed on impact and Stephanie Vidales, 28, in the rear seat was ejected and also died. Both were from Saginaw, Texas. In the other vehicle 69 year old Arthur Loewen, of Perry, Georgia, who was the front passenger in the other vehicle, was also killed on impact.
The Judge, during the sentencing hearing, was told that the family of the two victims riding in Lewis’ car did not want to pursue felony charges, and the family of the third victim could not been reached.
Neither alcohol nor drugs were a factor in the accident.
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