Man sentenced to prison after crash that killed driver in 2023
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TETONIA — A 34-year-old was sentenced to prison for killing an Idaho Falls man after driving recklessly on snow-covered roads, causing a head-on crash.
Isaul Sanchez, of St. Anthony, was charged with felony vehicular manslaughter. Brian Wright, 52, was killed. Sanchez signed a plea agreement earlier this year and pleaded guilty to the charge.
District Judge Steven Boyce sentenced him on Nov. 19 at the Teton County Courthouse to two and a half years of fixed time in prison with no eligibility for parole.
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The crash happened on Jan. 27, 2023, on Idaho Highway 33 around 7 a.m. at milepost 131 in Teton County.
A snowplow was the lead vehicle in a line of cars, traveling eastbound, according to Idaho State Police. Sanchez was reportedly driving a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado pickup and attempted to pass the line of cars. Wright was driving a 2017 Ford commercial box truck traveling westbound.
As the Chevrolet was in the oncoming lane of travel, it hit the Ford head-on. The Chevrolet then spun and hit a 2010 Toyota Yaris, driven by a 56-year-old man from Teton, Idaho State Police said.
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Wright has been remembered as a “happy, genuine, great light.” He was a husband, father, grandfather, and delivery driver for Frito-Lay. Read more about him here.