Drunk Driver Kills Drunk Driver

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Drunk Driver Kills Drunk Driver
Jury recommends three-year sentence in death of Reston man.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

A Fairfax Circuit Court jury convicted a drunk driver for killing another
drunk driver who caused a different accident on Route 7 moments before.

Gordon E. Brightly Jr., 50 of Leesburg, is scheduled to be sentenced in
late March in Fairfax County Circuit Court. The jury, which convicted
Brightly of involuntary manslaughter, recommended that he serve three
years in prison.

About 20 minutes past midnight on March 15, 2007, Anton Stefan Sjostrom,
27 of Reston, was standing outside his 2004 Toyota Camry on the right
through lane of westbound Route 7 near the intersection of Georgetown
Pike in Great Falls.

Sjostrom had rear-ended another vehicle and was inspecting the damage and
waiting for police to arrive when Brightly, driving a white Dodge pickup
truck in the right lane, hit Sjostrom and Sjostrom’s vehicle.

Sjostrom died at the scene and Brightly was transported to Inova Fairfax
Hospital.

Hours after the fatal accident, Brightly’s blood alcohol content was
tested to be .16, twice the legal limit to drive, said Rosenthall.

Sjostrom’s blood alcohol content was .28, more than three times the legal
limit for driving, said Chaney.

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3 years prison sounds like criminal coddling to me. Simple DUI should be
3 years and if you kill someone then it should be life wo parole.