On Friday, a Rhode Island man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for causing a crash in December 2012, on I-95 in Old Lyme that claimed the lives of three women.
According to police, Frank Sundstrom, 52, of Warwick, was drunk and driving the wrong way on I-95 when he crashed into another car carrying the three women. He was charged with three counts of second-degree manslaughter, as well as driving under the influence and driving the wrong way on a divided highway. His full sentence is 30 years in prison, suspended after 14, followed by five years of probation.
The crash happened on Dec. 11, 2012 near Exit 70 about 9 p.m. According to State police, Sundstrom was driving north in the southbound lanes of the highway when his 2000 Oldsmobile Alero crashed into a 2007 Nissan Maxima.
The women in the Nissan — Tamara Nolin, 71, of Branford, Marjorie Minore, 90, of North Haven, and Barbara Prato, 63, of East Haven — all died.
After the crash, Sundstrom was flown to the Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven with serious injuries, and stated he had no recollection of the accident or driving into Connecticut from his Rhode Island home.
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