Cape Coral man who killed father, son in DUI crash sentenced 20 years

Kaitlin Greenockle | The News-Press

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A Cape Coral man who was driving the wrong direction and killed a father and son in a drunken driving crash in April pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

William Frederick Bohl V, 35, was arrested on April 29 and charged with two counts of second-degree manslaughter and one count of drunken driving property damage, according to court documents.

He came to an agreement with the State's Attorney's Office to plead guilty to two counts of DUI manslaughter, according to a Cape Coral Police news release.

Kevin Hamm, 46, was pronounced dead at the crash, and Christian Hamm, 20, was pronounced dead at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers.

Bohl was driving east in the westbound lane of the 1600 block of SW Pine Island Road when he struck the Hamms who were driving west in the west bound lane.

A witness to the crash said she saw the Hamm's vehicle roll into the median, according to a Cape Coral Police report.

Police also saw Bohl climbing out of his vehicle screaming, "help those people." He was detained in handcuffs after he was resisting officers.

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When police spoke with Bohl they could smell alcohol and he told them he had a few drinks at his brother's house.

Police received a blood warrant and Bohl's blood-alcohol content came back as 0.181, which is more than twice the legal limit. Florida's legal limit for driving is a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08.

After victim impact statements were made by members of the Hamm family, Bohl was sentenced to 20 years in a state correctional facility followed by 10 years of state probation, the release states.

He also was sentenced to a lifetime driver's license suspension.

Be careful out there: 2018 fatal crash stats for Lee, Collier counties It was a dangerous year on Lee and Collier roads in 2018.

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