WALTON COUNTY, Fla. – An Alabama man convicted of DUI manslaughter for a deadly crash in April 2022 has been sentenced to 20 years and a lifetime driver’s license ban.
Last week, Jose Carcamo Elvir, of Mobile, was sentenced to 20 years in state prison by Circuit Judge Kelvin Wells, followed by 10 years of probation, fines, and court cost in the amount of $4588, DUI School, lifetime driver’s license ban, and restitution, said the Office of the State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida.
Gomes previously entered a plea to an eight-count information filed by the State Attorney’s Office, which included DUI manslaughter, four counts of DUI with serious bodily injury, expired driver’s license, and driving while license suspended causing death.
In April of 2022, the defendant was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol for DUI manslaughter related to a crash he allegedly caused that took the life of a South Florida businessman and injured several others.
According to the State Attorney’s Office, Elvir was driving a 2009 Chevy truck southbound on 331, approaching the traffic signal at Highway 331 and Highway 20 in Freeport. Both southbound lanes of travel were occupied by several vehicles which were waiting at the red light. The defendant is said to have slammed into the waiting vehicles causing a massive chain reaction of crashes.
Gomes’ blood alcohol content was .126, the FHP said.
Gomes was convicted following a joint effort from the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, FHP, FDLE, and the Office of the State Attorney. Assistant State Attorney Josh Mitchell prosecuted the case on behalf of Ginger Bowden Madden, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida.
