A Henry County man was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in prison for driving drunk and killing a man in a fiery crash, officials announced Friday.
Andre Denson, 41, of Hampton, was convicted Thursday night on charges of vehicular homicide, two counts of driving under the influence and not wearing a seatbelt, Henry County Assistant District Attorneys John Murray and Caitlin McGillicuddy said in a news release. Fifteen years is the maximum sentence for vehicular homicide.
On the evening of Jan. 13, 2019, Morrie Carraway had just left his home and was headed to work. Denson, driving a Dodge Ram truck, ran through a stop sign at Lester Mill Road and Bill Gardner Parkway in Locust Grove and hit the side of the 57-year-old’s Ford F-150, prosecutors said.
The impact sent Carraway’s truck off to the side of the road, where it caught on fire, the release said. When emergency responders arrived, they found Carraway dead, trapped inside the fiery truck.
A blood test taken at a hospital determined Denson was above the legal limit for alcohol, according to prosecutors.
After police issued a warrant for Denson, he was later arrested in Michigan. While there, he had been convicted of a second DUI.
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