Man sentenced in fatal collision

Friday, August 31, 2007 9:26 AM CDT

by Associated Press

EDWARDSVILLE — A north-central Illinois man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison on charges tied to a crash that killed two boys and critically injured their mother.

Forty-eight-year-old Timothy Barnhart of Ottawa pleaded guilty in May in Madison County to seven felonies, including reckless homicide, aggravated driving under the influence and driving with a revoked license.

Barnhart was passing other vehicles in a no-passing zone near Prairietown in June 2005 when his sport utility vehicle collided with an oncoming car.

Four-year-old Mason Scroggins and 10-year-old Bryan Scroggins were killed. Their mother, Holly Scroggins, was critically injured.