Driver Convicted of Killing Three in Head-On Crash

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It was a simple act of running a stop sign on county road 215 in Middleburg.

But that split second mistake took three lives and on Tuesday it sent the driver to prison, possibly for the rest of his life.

Edward Abruscato, 40 was found guilty by a Clay County jury. When Abruscato ran the stop sign in November 2006, he plowed into a Nissan which then spun into the southbound lanes of 215 and was hit by a Chevrolet pickup truck car head-on.

The driver, 42-year-old Jeffrey Spear and his 7-year-old daughter Christianna died. A 16-year old riding in Abruscato's pickup also died. Four others were hospitalized and Abruscato was injured as well.

Unfortunately none was wearing their seat belt according to the FHP.

It took the jury just three hours to find him guilty of three counts of vehicular manslaughter.

Abruscato pled guilty to the three counts as well as negligence. When he goes before the judge for sentencing on February 13th, he will find out how long he spends in prison to think about the lives he took.

Channel 4 still has the video and stories it ran at the time of the crash.

For more information on this subject,please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.