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A northwestern New Mexico man faces up to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter for a fatal DWI crash outside Shiprock.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Albuquerque said 20-year-old Jervis Wilson of Cudi entered the plea agreement with federal prosecutors on Tuesday.
He admitting driving drunk on March 2 on U.S. 64 and hitting two vehicles before slamming into a truck driven by 52-year-old Herman Willeto.
Willeto died on impact.
Wilson’s blood-alcohol content was measured at .23 percent less than three hours after the wreck, nearly three times the legal limit.
A sentencing date has not been set. Wilson has been jailed since shortly after the accident.
