Monett man pleads guilty to double fatality DWI crash, gets nine years
MONETT, Mo. — A Monett man pleads guilty in a drunk driving crash that left two people dead last year.
Early Tuesday, Rafael Contreras-Maldonado, 20, pleaded guilty to DWI involving the deaths of two people. The judge immediately sentenced him to nine years in prison.
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The crash happened in June of last year at the intersection of state Highway 37 and US 60.
A Lawrence County deputy was in a vehicle pursuit with Contreras-Maldonado when he ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle.
Larry Brock, 53, and Lydia Shorey, 61, both of Crane, Missouri were in that other vehicle and died in the crash.
