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A Norfolk driver convicted of DUI, aggravated involuntary manslaughter and other maiming charges in the traffic accident death of a young woman this past February has been sentenced. The Norfolk Circuit Court sentenced the man to 6 years and five months behind bars, with an additional 10 years of parole once he is out.
The accident happened when the driver, Ronald K. Sharpe Jr., crossed several lanes of traffic and crashed into a vehicle being driven by Alexandria Calamia. Sharpe initially claimed that the crash happened because his vehicle skidded on a wet spot, was hit by another car and bumped into a median.
Calamia was killed in the crash, and one of her passengers, Brandon Wise, suffered a brain injury and other complications and was in a coma for several weeks. Wise had to withdraw from Virginia Wesleyan College after the accident in order to receive treatment and therapy.
Sharpe was not injured in the crash, except for a cut on his lip. He was later found to have been under the influence of marijuana and alcohol at the time of the accident. Despite being ordered to avoid drugs and alcohol, Sharpe also tested positive for marijuana use several times while free on bond.
The sentence handed down by the court was the maximum possible under the terms of Sharpe’s plea agreement.
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