PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. — Ace Vue will spend the next 30 years in prison for driving the wrong way on I-43 while under the influence of alcohol, killing an Oostburg couple.
Judge Sandy Williams imposed the 30-year sentence — longer than what prosecutors had requested — following an approximately 90-minute hearing at the Ozaukee County Courthouse.
During the hearing, prosecutors played the full seven-minute video of Vue driving the wrong way on I-43 under the influence of alcohol, showing the danger he posed to the public and the numerous near misses with other vehicles.
Watch: Man convicted in wrong-way I-43 crash that killed Oostburg couple sentenced to 30 years in prison
Family members of Jay and Nicole Horne, including their daughter, who was critically injured in the crash but survived, delivered emotional victim impact statements, addressing Vue directly from the podium about the pain he caused them.
Vue offered an apology to the family in his own statement, taking responsibility for his actions.
Judge Williams said the apology could never replace the lives Vue took with what she described as the "staggering recklessness" of his actions.
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