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Just after 1 am on February 21st, Ronald K. Sharpe was drunk and high while driving his Toyota Camry down Northampton Blvd. He had had a few beers at a nightclub and also smoked marijuana earlier that night. Sharpe crossed three lanes into oncoming traffic and struck another car on its driver's-side. The car he hit spun out of control and hit a tree; Sharpe's car rolled and also hit a tree.
The car Sharpe struck was driven by Alexandria Calamia, 19, of West Pointe; she was pronounced dead after the crash. Brandon Wise, a passenger in the back seat of Calamia's car, suffered facial fractures and a brain hemorrhage; his injuries have caused numerous cognitive problems.
Sharpe initially lied to police; he had said that another car hit him, pushing him into oncoming traffic, but video evidence proved otherwise. He pled guilty to DUI, aggravated involuntary manslaughter, and maiming; he faces a maximum of six years and five months in prison.