Driver, who killed Stevenson University professor, will spend 5 years in prison
Posted: 01/12/2012
The truck driver who killed a Stevenson University professor and seriously injured her son will spend five years in an Ohio prison.
Douglas S. Bouch, 49, from Greenville, Pennsylvania was driving a Mack truck pulling three trailers on the Ohio Turnpike outside Cleveland in 2010.
He fell asleep, slamming into a Ford Focus. The crash killed Susan Slattery, 47 of Cockeysville.
Slattery's son, Matthew, lost 80% of his blood and suffered a serious brain injury in the crash. Matthew now needs a wheelchair.
His father, Ed, is fighting for tougher regulations on the amount of time truck drivers can spend on the road.
Ed and Matthew went to Capitol Hill to testify in the subcommittee on regulatory affairs. The hearing was on the cost of implementing a new Department of Transportation rule that would increase driver's rest.
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