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REPORTER: THREE YEARS AGO LAST THURSDAY, ASHLEY WILSON LOST HER 15-YEAR-OLD SON CURT. HE WAS KILLED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION IN CULLMAN COUNTY. THE OTHER DRIVER BRAD MEEKS WAS NOT CHARGED FOR FIVE MONTHS. HIS CASE TOOK ANOTHER TWO YEARS TO GO TO TRIAL. >> THERE WERE A LOT OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. A LOT OF PRAYERS. IT IS A CONSTANT BURDEN ON YOU AND IT HONESTLY HAD PUT ME INTO A STATE OF DEPRESSION. REPORTER: THE JURY CONVICTED MEEKS IN JANUARY. AND YESTERDAY THREE YEARS AND 5 DAYS AFTER THE CRIME. HE RECEIVED HIS SENTENCE THE JUDGE ESSENTIALLY THROUGH THE BOOK AT MEEKS, GIVING HIM THE MAXIMUM FOR ALL THREE CHARGES. SINCE THE JUDGES STACKED THEM CONSECUTIVELY, HE MUST SERVE A DOZEN YEARS BEHIND BARS. >> I DO FEEL LIKE I HAVE A WEIGHT LIFTED OFF OF ME. I DON’T HAVE THAT DAILY HEARTACHE OF NOT KNOWING WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH MEEKS. SO NOW I KNOW HE IS GETTING TH PUNISHMENT THAT HE DESERVES FOR KILLING MY SON. REPORTER: WILSON SAYS SHE FORGIVES HER SON’S KILLER. AND HOPES TO CONTINUE TOUCHING LIVES BY PROVIDING CLOTHES TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH HER NONPROFIT CURT’S CLOSET. >> I PLAN TO POUR MY WHOLE HEART AND EVERY FIBER OF ME IN THIS PLACE AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT CURT’S LEGACY OF LOVING AND GIVING TO EVERYBODY CONTINUE

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Three years ago 15-year-old Curtis Wilson was killed in a head-on collision with drunk driver Bradford Meeks. Wilson's mother Ashley was also injured in the Cullman County crash.On Tuesday, Meeks learned he would be serving the maximum sentence for three charges in connection with the fatal crash.In the video above, Ashley talks to WVTM 13's Jon Paepcke about her reaction to the judge's decision.

CULLMAN, Ala. —
Three years ago 15-year-old Curtis Wilson was killed in a head-on collision with drunk driver Bradford Meeks. Wilson's mother Ashley was also injured in the Cullman County crash.

On Tuesday, Meeks learned he would be serving the maximum sentence for three charges in connection with the fatal crash.

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In the video above, Ashley talks to WVTM 13's Jon Paepcke about her reaction to the judge's decision.

Bradford Meeks sentenced in DUI crash that killed Cullman teen Curtis Wilson

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