Rockville Man Sentenced for Fatal Crash on Highway 10

FOLEY (WJON News) -- A Rockville man has been sentenced for causing a crash that killed his passenger last August.

A Benton County judge has sentenced 27-year-old Aler Gomez-Lucas to three years and five months in prison Friday. He gets credit for serving for just over a year in jail.

Gomez-Lucas pleaded guilty to one count of criminal vehicular homicide in March.

According to the criminal complaint filed in Benton County District Court, Gomez-Lucas was driving east on Highway 10 near Little Rock Lake when he lost control and rolled his vehicle. His passenger, 17-year-old Nurban Ruvelsi-Perez died when he was ejected into the roadway and was struck by an oncoming pickup.

According to the charges, a second passenger told authorities that Ruvelsi-Perez and Gomez-Lucas had been drinking before the crash and that Gomez-Lucas had been driving fast when he lost control.

Court records allege a breathalyzer test at the scene showed a preliminary blood-alcohol content of 0.178.

The driver of the pickup had not been drinking and is not expected to be charged with a crime.

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