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Former NASCAR crew chief Timothy Kohuth sentenced in 2008 DWI fatal wreck
Caught in the Catchfence™IREDELL COUNTY, NC (WBTV) – A man charged in fatal crash which happened two years ago in Mooresville has been sentenced to 8-1/2 years in prison.
Former NASCAR pit crew chief Timothy Kohuth pleaded guilty this week in Iredell County to second-degree murder in connection with the 2008 deadly wreck which occurred on Brawley School Road.
Kohuth was driving a flatbed tow truck and crossed the center line nearly hitting a sheriff’s deputy who was driving in the opposite direction.
The deputy turned around and started following Kohuth.
A short time later, Kohuth ran off the road a second time, striking a mailbox and a culvert. He then crossed back over the center line and collided with an SUV.
Wesley Worden of Mooresville was a driving the SUV and died in the crash. His wife, Gail, was a passenger in the car and was airlifted to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem.
Following the crash, Kohuth’s blood alcohol content level was fives times over the legal limit.
He was charged with second-degree murder and driving while impaired.
According to the highway patrol, Kohuth has a history of drunk driving arrests and has been charged with DWI twice in the past four years.
Previously, Kohuth was a crew chief in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
- WBTV
Article Tags: DWI, Gail Worden, imothy Kohuth, Iredell County, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Wesley Worden
I can’t believe that a person with his record of drunk driving and killing an innocent person and injurying another can only get 8 1/2 years! Is that all a life is worth these days. This is a darn shame!!!!!! So with time served and good behavior, when does he get out? The gentleman that he killed will never come back!!!! And this is Justice at it’s best.