Man sentenced to 10 years after admitting to aggravated DUI
By Mary Schenk
Wednesday February 11, 2009
Robin Scholz
Tolono firefighters respond to the scene of the Dec. 27, 2007, accident on the Monticello Road overpass at Interstate 57 that killed Mauna Adams, 58, of Ivesdale.
URBANA – A Longview man Tuesday admitted he was drunk when his pickup truck crashed into the back end of an Ivesdale woman's car, killing her just over a year ago.
After pleading guilty to aggravated driving under the influence, his fourth DUI conviction since 1986, Travis Day, 42, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Under truth-in-sentencing legislation, Day will have to serve at least 8½ years. Judge Richard Klaus, who accepted the negotiated plea agreement, gave Day credit for the year and almost seven weeks he's been in the Champaign County jail.
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