AURORA, Mo. — A man from Aurora was sentenced in court today, Oct. 17, a little over two years after he drove intoxicated and caused the death of another.

According to court dockets, Jarod Jay Lueders, born in 1984, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for one count of driving while intoxicated — death of another, a class C felony, in Lawrence County Circuit Court.

Court documents say the two-vehicle wreck occurred on July 6, 2023, on U.S. Highway 60 near Verona.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) investigation revealed Lueders was traveling east on U.S. 60 when he crossed the center of the roadway in his Ford truck and struck the front of a vehicle driven by 82-year-old Mance Wilkerson, head-on.

Wilkerson died from his injuries sustained in the crash on July 9, 2023.

MSHP investig

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