Faith Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Fatal Crash

by Associated Press
December 06, 2012 4:23 PM

A 63-year-old Faith man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for driving drunk on the wrong side of the road in a rural Haakon County crash that killed one woman and injured another.

Circuit Court Judge Barnett gave Walt Lee Taton the maximum sentence for vehicular homicide and vehicular battery and ordered his license revoked for life.

The state's attorney's office says Taton was also sentenced to 30 days in the county jail for driving upon the wrong side of the road and one year for driving under the influence.

Prosecutors say Taton was driving on the wrong side of the road April 28 on Highway 34 in rural Haakon County, resulting in the death of Heather Unser and seriously injuring Sadie Clark.

Faith Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Fatal Crash

Construction Affects Downtown Businesses

2 SF Businesses Fail Alcohol Sting

911 Hang-Up Leads Police To 4 Pounds Of Pot

Storm Cleanup Begins Its Final Stage May. 20

BNSF Rebuilding Railroad Bridge Near Sioux Falls May. 20

MN Gas Prices At An All Time High May. 20

Tanker Tips Over Near Ellis May. 20

School Near OKC Directly Hit By Tornado May. 20

Thomas Geu Named Dean At USD School Of Law May. 20

Large Tornado Hits Oklahoma City Suburb May. 20

Above-Normal Temps, Dry Soil Help SD Farmers May. 20

AG Releases Results Of Sobriety Program May. 20

Larson To Be School And Public Lands Commissioner May. 20

KDLT-TV Names Meagan Millage Evening Anchor May. 20

Search Grows For Missing South Dakota Man May. 20

Last Day Arrives For MN Lawmakers May. 20

NE Patrol: Attacks In Whiteclay 'Concerning' May. 20

SFPD Asking For Public Assistance In Finding Dog May. 20

5-Year-Old Dies In MN Accident May. 20

South Dakota Has 2 $10,000 Powerball Winners May. 20

Tribe Revokes Lease For Only Grocery On Pine Ridge May. 20

FEMA Coordinating Disaster Response In SD May. 20

Storms Generate Iowa Tornado Damage, No Injuries May. 20

Honor Song Group Protests Exclusion In SD Town May. 20

2 SD Students Get Gates Millennium Scholarships May. 20

State's Attorneys Association Honors 2 Prosecutors May. 20

USF Sees Growing Numbers May. 19

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Stops At Church May. 19

Wild Water West Lifeguards In Training May. 19

Ex-GOP Staffer Says She Was Fired For Complaint May. 19

No Pay Increases For Minn. Lawmakers May. 19

Minn. Legislature sends Gov. Education Budget May. 19

One Injured After Car Collides With Tree May. 19

Lake Okoboji Roller Coaster Roars Back To Life May. 19

Maker Of 'Pink Slime' Continues To Struggle May. 19

SD School Sharing Plan Moving Slow May. 19

5-Year-Old Dies In MN Accident

KDLT-TV Names Meagan Millage Evening Anchor

One Injured After Car Collides With Tree

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Stops At Church May. 19

Wild Water West Lifeguards In Training May. 19

Search Grows For Missing South Dakota Man May. 20

Ex-GOP Staffer Says She Was Fired For Complaint May. 19

SFPD Asking For Public Assistance In Finding Dog May. 20

Roosevelt Advances to State Baseball

Caleb Thielbar Great in MLB Debut

Hewes Was More Than Just a HR Hitter for Augie!

Parkston Trys to Defend "A" Title in the Rain May. 20

Thielbar Called up by Twins May. 20

Canaries Get First Win Of 2013 May. 19

Entwistle's Celebrate Another Title May. 19

Heiser & Feige's Perseverance Lead Arrows To Title May. 19

Jacks Grab Top Seed For Summit Baseball Tournament May. 19