A Florida serial drunk driver who killed a father and son on their way to college orientation last summer has been sentenced to more than 23 years in prison.
Leslie Gehret, 41, pleaded no contest Monday in Orange County court to two counts of DUI manslaughter and one count each of vehicular homicide by driving with a suspended license causing serious injury or death. Ta.
As part of a plea deal, she will serve 280 months in prison for an alcohol-fueled crash in July 2023 that killed Shane Lloyd, 50, and his son Jacob Lloyd, 19. He was later sentenced to 12 months’ probation.
Once released on probation, Gehret will have to perform 50 hours of community service and attend DUI school.
The sentence also includes a permanent suspension of his driver’s license. According to the 9th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office.
On July 9, Shane and Jacob Lloyd, who were traveling from Colorado, were making a turn in Orlando on their way to the University of Central Florida campus, where their son was scheduled to start classes in the fall, when Gehret was spotted. He ran a red light and crashed. Their car overturned multiple times, prosecutors said.
Shane Lloyd died at the scene of the accident and his son died from his injuries in hospital. Gehret walked away from the crash with only minor injuries.
Information obtained from Gehret’s car’s electronic data recorder showed she was traveling 94 mph at the moment of impact.
When police caught up with Gehret at the hospital, they found her eyes bloodshot and smelled of alcohol, prosecutors said. Subsequent tests revealed that the woman’s blood alcohol level remained above the legal limit for driving five hours after the accident.
Gehret was found to have been driving with a suspended license while on probation related to a previous DUI arrest, one of three in the past 10 years.
Gehret, who previously lived in New Rochelle, New York, filed a lawsuit in 2022 seeking damages for a separate accident that left Alexander Chapman with “permanent injuries,” according to court records. It was done.
Jacob Lloyd was planning to study forensic chemistry at UCF at the time of his death, his family said.
