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A 15-year prison sentence was given to a man with a history of driving drunk, who was actually was out on bond for his third DWI, when he struck and killed a man on New Year’s Day last year.
Matthew Smith was out on bond for a DWI arrest when Dallas police say he ran over Dil Chainy on New Year's Eve. He already had two prior DWI convictions and is now charged with manslaughter for Chainy's death, and he still faces that third DWI charge. But getting answers from the Dallas County DA's Office to obvious questions has been challenging.
FOX 4 News has learned a man charged with causing a deadly hit-and-run that killed a ride-share driver had previously been charged for DWI three times. He was allowed to post bond, and a device that could have kept him from driving was not ordered until days after the New Year's Eve crash near Deep Ellum.
The family of a man killed by a hit-and-run driver in Dallas on New Year's Eve hopes that driver will soon be caught. Police have a photo of the suspect vehicle: a Ford F-150-pickup with Texas license plate MWL6627. However, no arrests have been made.