Monday's Internet Edition, May 12, 2008.
Drunk Driver Sentenced To 15-18 Months In Prison
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They have no hate for the man responsible for her death, but they do seek justice.
Blaine Dean Willard, 21, of 128 Camellia Lane, Mocksville, had pleaded guilty to felony death by vehicle.
Assistant District Attorney Greg Brown told Taylor that on Feb. 26, 2006 a head-on traffic wreck involving Judy McBride occurred at 8:10 a.m. on US 601.
Willard was driving a 1992 Chrysler when he collided with James Robert McBride, 71, and his wife, Judy, in their 1994 Cadillac.
Brown said that when rescue workers arrived Willard was conscious and told the investigating officer he “had a couple of drinks.” Brown said that Willard’s blood alcohol content was .13 (the legal limit is .08).
“The victim (Judy) died as a result of injuries sustained,” Brown said. “Her death was not instantaneous. She was treated for some time.”
She died April 6, 2006.
David McBride, Judy’s son, told the judge, “My mother lost her life to the willful acts of Mr. Willard.”
McBride said that his mother suffered bleeding in her brain from the car accident. “We learned on the 25th [of March] that the bleeding on her brain hadn’t stopped and she went back to the hospital for a second surgery.”
McBride became emotional as he told about his mother’s last day in the hospital. “On the sixth [of April] doctors told us she was going to die that day and we needed to make her comfortable.”
He said that Willard had no remorse and continued to commit unlawful acts.
“I can’t put into words what we have lost. The only thing to right this wrong is for Mr. Willard to become alcohol free and not to hurt anyone else. I have no hate, just pain.”
Judy’s daughter-in-law, Lisa McBride, told the judge that her daughter keeps a picture of her grandmother under her pillow ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.