Sentencing In Fatal December Crash

Six years in prison is the sentence handed down Thursday to a South Columbus man convicted of causing a fatal drunken driving accident.35-year-old Matthew Atkinson crossed the center line on Watkins Road last December, colliding head on with a vehicle driven by 24-year-old victim Chad Fields. Atkinson will also serve three years of court supervised release and will lose his driver's license for life.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.