He was convicted on three counts of vehicular homicide, and the remaining three counts each of aggravated vehicular homicide and vehicular assault were dismissed, court records show.
Vanhoose was sentenced Jan. 6.
Jacob Smith, 23, Ashlynn Dooley, 20, and their unborn baby were killed in a head-on crash that happened the morning of March 27 in the 3700 block of Urbana-Moorefield Road.
Dooley was driving a 2003 Chevrolet sedan when a southbound 1996 Ford truck, driven by Vanhoose, crossed the center line and struck the couple’s vehicle head-on. This caused both vehicles to leave the road and come to a rest in the field across from the 3700 block of Urbana-Moorefield Road, according to the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office.
Both Dooley and Smith were pronounced dead at the scene.
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