HARTFORD -
He "cut corners" on maintaining his company trucks and that cut short the lives of four people in the fiery 2005 Avon Mountain crash.
David Wilcox now starts six years behind bars to reflect on that.
Judge David Gold gave the 73 year old the sentence, plus three years of probation after prison.
It was the maximum Wilcox could have gotten in his plea bargain on manslaughter, assault, and insurance fraud charges.
The American Crushing and Recycling owner knew his dump truck which caused the crash had bad brakes, and then immediately following the crash tried to conceal maintenance records, as well as tried to reinstate liability insurance on the truck.
Besides killing four, the crash injured eleven others.
During the sentencing phase, family of the victims and one crash survivor expressed their pain and pleaded with the judge for no leniency.
Wilcox, however, did not speak.
He instead had his attorney read his written statement apologizing to the victims and their families.
"I didn't care whether he went to jail or not, I wanted to see some remorse," a frustrated William Farrell said.
Farrell's sister Maureen Edlund died in the crash.
Wilcox's brother, Gerald, also reacted that it was a sad day for everyone.
When asked if his brother, in his poor health and late age, will survive prison, Gerald Wilcox answered, "My brother's a strong man."
Meanwhile, David Wilcox's son, Shaun, is set to be sentenced next week on tampering charges for shredding maintenance records on the dump truck that crashed.
Wilcox's wife, Donna, will also be sentenced later on insurance fraud for trying to reinstate lapsed insurance coverage for the company's trucks moments after the crash.
Neither are expected to receive any prison time.
David Wilcox now starts six years behind bars to reflect on that.
Judge David Gold gave the 73 year old the sentence, plus three years of probation after prison.
It was the maximum Wilcox could have gotten in his plea bargain on manslaughter, assault, and insurance fraud charges.
The American Crushing and Recycling owner knew his dump truck which caused the crash had bad brakes, and then immediately following the crash tried to conceal maintenance records, as well as tried to reinstate liability insurance on the truck.
Besides killing four, the crash injured eleven others.
During the sentencing phase, family of the victims and one crash survivor expressed their pain and pleaded with the judge for no leniency.
Wilcox, however, did not speak.
He instead had his attorney read his written statement apologizing to the victims and their families.
"I didn't care whether he went to jail or not, I wanted to see some remorse," a frustrated William Farrell said.
Farrell's sister Maureen Edlund died in the crash.
Wilcox's brother, Gerald, also reacted that it was a sad day for everyone.
When asked if his brother, in his poor health and late age, will survive prison, Gerald Wilcox answered, "My brother's a strong man."
Meanwhile, David Wilcox's son, Shaun, is set to be sentenced next week on tampering charges for shredding maintenance records on the dump truck that crashed.
Wilcox's wife, Donna, will also be sentenced later on insurance fraud for trying to reinstate lapsed insurance coverage for the company's trucks moments after the crash.
Neither are expected to receive any prison time.
