A Pontotoc man was sentenced to 22 years in prison with 10 suspended, 12 to serve for two counts of aggravated DUI.
Mississippi 16th Circuit Judge Jim Kitchens handed down the sentence for Louis Edward Chandler on Friday in Clay County Circuit Court.
Chandler, 52, was traveling north in a southbound lane on a Highway 45 bridge, about half a mile south of West Point, when he collided with an oncoming vehicle. He injured two people in the vehicle in the incident.
Chandler pleaded guilty to both charges Wednesday in Clay County Circuit Court.
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