The crash occurred in Muskegon Heights last October.
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI – A Muskegon Heights man was sentenced to jail for causing a traffic crash that killed a 92-year-old Roosevelt Park man.
Ut Dewayne Howard Jr., 30, was sentenced to 67 days in jail for the crash that killed Sterling Bushnell Jr.
The crash occurred on Oct. 5,2017, at the corner of Sherman Boulevard and Peck Street in Muskegon Heights, said Muskegon County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Timothy Maat. Bushnell died on Oct. 27,2017, according to his obituary .
Howard was traveling south on Peck Street and had stopped at the stoplight but the proceeded through a red light and struck a car traveling eastbound on Sherman, Maat said. Bushnell and his wife, who also was in the car, both were seriously injured, he said.
Howard was sentenced on June 29 for a misdemeanor charge of moving violation causing death. In a separate case, he pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon in May, a felony for which he faces sentencing by Muskegon County Circuit Judge Annette Smedley on Aug. 2, Maat said.
