Jay Holcomb, 37, will spend the next 14 years behind bars after entering a guilty plea Thursday in the 2017 wreck that claimed the life of 3-year-old Easton Cain in the parking lot of Ingles in Cleveland.
Only a month before he was scheduled to face trial in Union County, Holcomb pleaded guilty before Senior Judge Richard Winegarden, who sentenced him to a total of 20 years, with 14 years to serve.
Appearing in White County Superior Court Thursday morning, Holcomb pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide, driving under the influence of drugs, reckless driving, and driving with expired license in the incident that happened about 12:45 p.m. Jan. 17, 2017.
Holcomb’s Chevrolet Avalanche crossed over the travel lane from an adjacent traffic row and struck the back of a parked 2012 Ford Explorer, pinning the child between the vehicles, according to the Georgia State Patrol. The impact pushed the Explorer into a parked Ford F-250 pickup truck.
Holcomb also pleaded guilty to a 2017 possession of methamphetamine charge unrelated to the fatal wreck.
Dean Dyer and Bonnie Dyer of WRWH Radio contributed to this report.
