Drunken driver in fatal Austin crash strikes deal for 3 years in prison
A drunken driver involved in a 2008 crash that claimed the life of a 21-year-old woman struck a plea bargain in a Travis County court today to serve three years in prison, a term that would likely be followed by six years of probation.
James Kevin Blackerby, 35, had been convicted three times of driving while intoxicated prior to his arrest after the Aug. 2, 2008, crash in Southeast Austin that killed Heather Heyns.
Jimmy Saucedo, a man Heyns had been dating, who was driving a pickup in which she was a passenger, has also been charged with driving drunk that night. A misdemeanor charge against him is pending.
Assistant District Attorney Buddy Meyer said that the plea bargain was reached because prosecutors anticipated it would be difficult, given that Saucedo was also accused of being drunk that night, to prove that Blackerby caused Heyns’ death.
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