Vic Ryckaert

vic.ryckaert@indystar.com

A Marion County judge sentenced a Fortville man to 10 years in prison in the reckless driving deaths of two construction workers.

Marion Superior Court Judge Sheila Carlisle on Wednesday handed Jordan Stafford two consecutive five-year prison terms in the May 2014 deaths of Coty DeMoss and Kenneth Duerson Jr.

Stafford's truck plowed into an arrow board on I-69, killing DeMoss, 24, Noblesville, and Duerson, 49, Indianapolis, on May 9, 2014. The workers had been removing construction barriers in a work zone between 82nd and 96th streets on Indianapolis' northeast side.

Last month, a jury found Stafford guilty of two counts of reckless operation of a vehicle in a highway work zone and two counts of failure to obey a traffic control device or flagman in a highway work zone. Carlisle on Wednesday threw out the two failure to obey convictions, citing double jeopardy issues.

IndyStar reporter Sara Salinas contributed to this story.

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