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Hopkins Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Fatal Accident

A Nodaway County man was sentenced to prison this week for his role in a fatal drunk-driving accident.

Scott Woods of Hopkins was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Circuit Judge Roger Prokes on Monday.

The October 2011 accident killed three and injured three others. Woods already had pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter and three counts of assault.

Court records show at the time of the accident Woods was driving 92 miles-per-hour and had a blood-alcohol content of .146 after the accident near Hopkins.

22 year-old Benjamin McIntire, 18-year-old Chrystal Olerich and 21-year-old Joshua Bix all died as a result of the accident.

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