A UPS driver who killed three people when he drove his truck into the oncoming lanes of Interstate-90 (I-90) near Cle Elum two years ago has been sentenced to over seven years in prison.

The Ellensburg Daily Record says the 89-month sentence was handed down to 45-year-old Danny Ray Ellingford in Kittitas County Superior Court by Judge Chris Herion on Tuesday.

Ellingford was found guilty on three counts of vehicular homicide at the close of a jury trial on July 29 for the March, 2023 incident that killed 40-year-old Justin Poole, his 10-year-old daughter, Chelsea Poole, and 27-year-old Michaela Buckholt - and also injured Poole's 36-year-old wife, Nicole Poole, and the couple's 6-year-old son Maddox, who suffered traumatic brain damage in the crash.

The deaths and injuries occurred when

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