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ST. GEORGE — The driver involved in the crash on Old Highway 91 that left two people dead last spring was sentenced to prison on felony DUI automobile homicide charges during a hearing held in court in St. George last week.
John Brett Sartor, 48, appeared in 5th District Court via video on Feb. 23 facing two second-degree felony counts of automobile homicide criminal negligence DUI, charges he pleaded guilty to during the sentencing hearing.
Five other charges – two third-degree felony counts of DUI with priors and three misdemeanors – including driving on a revoked license, a charge for being an alcohol-restricted driver and for failing to have an interlock device installed on his vehicle – were dismissed in exchange for a guilty plea.
Sartor made a video appearance from Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison where he is serving a sentence on a parole violation that was filed in connection to the double fatal collision.
