MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Three years after Memphis firefighter David Pleasant was killed while responding to a call, his daughters faced the drunk driver responsible for the fatal crash.

Maurice Yarbrough was intoxicated on Aug. 10, 2022, when he ran a red light and slammed into Pleasant's fire truck at Crump and Danny Thomas.

The crash killed the 32-year fire department veteran and injured three others.

Thursday, Yarbrough was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide - intoxication and three counts of aggravated assault-reckless.

Anna Pleasant was only 20 when her father was killed. She said three weeks later, she and her three sisters also lost their mom. • Memphis Firefighter David Pleasant with two of his daughters( Janie Pleasant on the left and Anna

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