An Elizabethtown man is facing 30 years in prison after he killed two women in a DUI crash.
Robert Wilson, 35, admitted to being high on methamphetamine during a crash in LaRue County that killed his passenger and a passenger in a vehicle Wilson struck head-on in July 2022.
The investigation revealed that Wilson was traveling south on Bardstown Road in a 2009 Chrysler 300 when he crossed the center line and into the path of a 2008 Dodge Charger, being driven by 34-year-old Tessie McNear, of Hodgenville.
A passenger in Wilson’s vehicle, 34-year-old Victoria M. Sharp, of Lebanon, was pronounced deceased at the scene by the LaRue County Coroner’s Office. A passenger in McNear’s vehicle, 41-year-old Carla R. Parker, of Elizabethtown, was transported to Baptist Health Hardin where she was later pronounced deceased.
Wilson and McNear were transported to University of Louisville Hospital with life-threatening injuries. A juvenile passenger of McNear’s vehicle was transported to Baptist Health Hardin with non-life threatening injuries.
Wilson was indicted by a LaRue Co. Grand Jury in November 2023 on two counts of murder, two counts of first-degree assault and first-degree persistent felony offender, according to The News-Enterprise.
The case was mediated, which resulted in a plea agreement calling for Wilson to serve 20 years for two counts of vehicular homicide when under the influence and 10 years for two counts of first-degree assault, The News-Enterprise reports. The sentences will be served consecutively.
He will be eligible for parole after serving 20 years.
(Photo l-r: Victoria Sharp (courtesy of Mattingly Funeral Home), Robert W. Wilson, no photo of Carla Parker was available)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
