An Aumsville man has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in February to fatally striking a Salem woman with his truck in 2023.
Eric Raymond Webb, 51, was sentenced March 21 in Marion County Circuit Court to nine years and nine months in prison for a collision that killed Julia Aubrey Wade, 26.
Webb pleaded guilty Feb. 12 to criminally negligent homicide, DUII, failure to perform duties of a driver to seriously injured persons, and aggravated driving while suspended or revoked. He received credit for two years and two months already served in the Marion County Jail while his charges were pending.
According to state prison records, his earliest possible release date is Feb. 18, 2031.
Webb was arrested Jan. 21, 2023, after striking Wade that night at the intersection of Lancaster Drive and Rickey Street SE, in Salem, then fleeing the scene. Wade was hospitalized in critical condition and died from her injuries April 27, 2023.
Webb was arrested for first-degree manslaughter, which carried a minimum of 10 years in prison. This charge was dismissed as part of a plea deal.
This was Webb’s ninth DUII conviction since 2008 and first conviction for harming another person. Because of his extensive history of offenses, prosecutors argued Webb’s incarceration was “necessary for public safety” and Judge Tracy Prall allowed a lengthier sentence than normal for the charges.
