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After Multiple DUI Convictions, Man in Car Wreck that Kills Two

By Michael

John Patrick Barton was convicted of DUI three times in the last 13 years. The Texas courts sent him to jail on weekends, put him on probation and even sent him to state prison for ten months. They required him even to use an ignition interlock system while driving a car. None of these measures prevented Barton from killing two members of a young family when he got behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated and proceeded to rear end their vehicle. Barton drove his wife?s Mazda into the family?s car, it went into a spin that would leave Kandace Hull, 33, and her 13-year-old daughter Autumn Caudle dead. All five members of Hull?s family were in the car. Her husband, daughter and son were injured but survived the crash, reports the Dallas Morning News...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on April 09, 2010 (boomark / email).