Chinese court sentences drunk driver to death
30-year-old man killed four people in accident in Sichuan province
updated 8:52 a.m. CT, Fri., July 24, 2009
BEIJING - A court in southwestern China has sentenced a man to death for a drunken-driving accident that killed four people in what's being called a first for the country.
The 30-year-old man was found guilty of endangering public safety and sentenced to death yesterday.
He was reportedly drunk and speeding in the capital of Sichuan province last year when he struck four other cars. Four people were killed and another person was seriously injured. He was also driving without a license.