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Oregon Man Sentenced For Deadly Montana Wrong-Way Crash

(Missoula, MT)  --  An Oregon man is facing ten years behind bars for a deadly wrong-way crash in Missoula, Montana.  Edward Lopez was sentenced to 40 years in prison with 30 years suspended for vehicular homicide.  After a night of drinking on October 25th of last year, Lopez drove home in the wrong lane of I-90.  Authorities say Lopez had a blood-alcohol content of point-one-zero-nine when he plowed into a vehicle driven by Shawna Wooten, who was killed in the fiery crash.

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