MCCOOK, Neb. (AP) – A father and son convicted of causing a crash that injured four people in southwest Nebraska have been sentenced to prison.
Fifty-three-year-old Leslie Sides and his son, 26-year-old Eric Sides, had pleaded no contest to two felony counts and two misdemeanor counts of assault. In return, prosecutors dropped several charges.
The two were sentenced on Monday. Eric Sides was given a combined 11-to-15 years in prison. His father was sentenced to a combined six-to-nine years.
Prosecutors say the Sides got into their trucks on Aug. 19, 2010, and chased a vehicle that had driven through the horseshoe driveway at the Sides’ home in rural Bartley. The vehicle was knocked into a spin, and it overturned.
Four people in it were injured.