Matt Wood, husband of the late Susan Wood, takes a moment outside the courtroom Monday after the sentencing. Jeremy Lane was sentenced in Judge Don Poole’s courtroom Monday. Lane has been convicted in the hit-and-run death of Susan Wood.
Staff Photo by Jake Daniels/Chattanooga Times Free PressMinutes after shedding tears and reading emotional testimonies on behalf of their loved one, family members on both sides of a deadly hit-and-run case embraced outside the courtroom.
Matt Wood, husband of Susan Wood, killed by driver Jeremy Allen Lane, hugged Lane’s mother, Janice Bond.
On Monday, Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Don Poole sentenced the 26-year-old Lane to seven years in prison for his conviction on vehicular homicide and related charges.
Wood, Susan’s sister Karen Duncan and mother Charlotte Berry and Bond said that, if anything good could come out of the death of Susan Wood, perhaps Lane could educate others about his mistakes on the morning of Dec. 23, 2009.
Lane has served more than a year awaiting trial and, under sentencing guidelines, will be eligible for parole in about three years.