Prime driver gets 3 years for fatal - turning left in front of teen driver

Truck driver sentenced in Dickson teen’s death
Josh Arntz, jarntz@dicksonherald.com 8:54 a.m. CDT April 19, 2016



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Daniel Maupin was sentenced to 3 years behind bars for the death of 16-year-old Andrew Morton nearly two years ago.

He is expected to serve six months total in jail.


Daniel Maupin (Photo: Submitted)

A jury convicted Maupin, 33, of Pikeville, of the lesser charges of criminally negligent homicide and driving under the influence in February in Dickson County Circuit Court.

A Dickson County grand jury initially indicted Maupin in December 2014 with charges of vehicular homicide by intoxication and vehicle homicide by reckless driving.

Maupin appeared April 12 in Circuit Court for a sentencing hearing for the February convictions.

Last week, Judge David Wolfe sentenced Maupin to 2 years in prison for criminally negligent homicide; along with a consecutive 11 month-29 day sentence for the DUI, to be suspended after serving 6 months.

Maupin is a range I offender, and eligible for release after serving 30 percent of his sentence.

Maupin received credit toward his sentence for time already served. After being indicted by a grand jury, Maupin initially was booked into Dickson County Jail on Dec. 16, 2014 and released July 31, 2015.

Wolfe ordered Maupin to report to jail on April 18.

Maupin also must participate in a victim impact panel, and pay $1,500 in fines and court costs.

Andrew’s death

Maupin piloted a tractor-trailer northbound on Highway 46 on June 12, 2014, when he turned in front of Andrew, who traveled southbound on Highway 46 in a GMC pickup pulling a trailer with a lawnmower.

Maupin attempted to turn left from Highway 46 onto Livestock Road, where there's a truck entrance for the Pilot gas station.

Andrew's truck slid under the trailer Maupin pulled, instantly killing him. Maupin was not injured in the wreck.

A blood test reportedly indicated narcotics in Maupin’s system at the time of the incident.

 

I'm curious why the jury didn't convict him on Vehicular Homicide. Is it the way TN law is written, that he didn't meet that criteria?

 

That sucks, the driver needs to pay.

 

I am sure his life will not be fun from this point on. Punishment comes in many forms. This Driver will carry this life changing event with him for the rest of his life. The pressure to pay back the criminally negligent homicide is only punitive. However, the ones that need to be included in a lawsuit is Prime, Inc for they too are held accountable for the Driver's Actions under their Standards of Operations. Although the Driver was found guilty, the Company is just as liable in civil court.

Can you say " Big Check", One Call that's All.....the lawyers are going after the company big time. Prime, Inc will try to settle out of court to avoid the full weight of punitive damages awarded by a Jury.

 

And he also lost his cmv licence for life i hope

 

That was a career ending accident.

 

No the POS owner of the company needs to be held accountable. Not just for money. He should be accountable for putting the other POS behind the wheel.

 

OK, realistically here, there is no way that ANY company can know that one of their driver's isn't gonna get doped up, drunked up, or just plain Fd up, and kill somebody. You can require all the drug tests in the world, and there is still going to be some folks that slip by.
You can bet that the company will be held accountable, at least financially for this. As far as the driver is concerned, even (as cynical as I am,) I find it hard to believe this is his "punishment."

 

True, but maybe that word "Inc" at the end of Prime has something to do with it

 

I'm sure you are right DR. In fact, I have seen this first hand when a fella I knew was driving drunk, (after multiple offenses,) T boned a car at high speed and killed the car's driver. Turned out it was his best friend.
It was basically, the end of life for him as well. Any chance, no matter how remote that he could dry out, was lost there. Or at least that seemed to be his excuse. Personally, I doubt he ever would have dried out anyway. He eventually committed suicide.
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