MANCOS, Colo. — A Mancos, Colo., man has been sentenced to two years in prison for a high-speed crash last July that killed Robert Streett, 52, and his son Robby, 16, of Sequim, the Durango Herald reported.
Anthony Rodriguez, who was 36 at the time of the crash, pleaded guilty in January to two counts of vehicular homicide and charges of careless driving causing bodily injury and driving without insurance.
He also was sentenced to five years of probation after release from prison, must serve 100 hours of community service and pay fines totaling $500, the Herald reported Monday.
Rodriguez must report at 5 p.m. today to begin his sentence, according to the newspaper.
On July 20, 2017, the Streett family — Robert Streett, Josslyn Streett and their two sons Robby Streett and Sawyer Streett — were involved in a head-on-crash while traveling on U.S. Highway 160 in Colorado during a road trip to a family reunion in Pagosa Springs, Colo.
The Colorado State Patrol reported in July that the Streetts were traveling east of the La Plata County Line in a 2017 Honda SUV at 5:15 p.m. when Rodriguez’s 2013 Nissan traveling west hydroplaned and crossed the center line, colliding with the Streett’s vehicle.
Rodriquez was traveling nearly 85 mph in a 65 mph zone, the Herald said.
The crash took the lives of Robert and Robby, and left Josslyn and Sawyer in critical condition.
The Herald reported that District Judge Todd Norvell said because of the seriousness of the crash incarceration was an appropriate punishment and the damage to the Streett family and their relatives was severe.
Rodriguez gave a brief, tearful apology to the Streetts at the sentencing hearing, the Herald reported, saying he was in a rush that day to get home to his wife and five kids and had a lapse in judgment.
“I’m sorry for everything I caused,” he said. “I don’t know what words would make up for that.”