MARION COUNTY, FL. (THECOUNT) — Angenette Marie Welk, who made national headlines after she displayed a large smile for her mugshot after being accused in the 2018 vehicular death of 60-year-old Sandra Clarkson, was sentenced Thursday for her role in the Marion County DUI crash.
Welk, 45, pleaded no contest to a charge of DUI manslaughter and sentenced to 11 years in prison. She was also fined $5,000 and given 15 years of probation. In addition, Welk must write a letter every year in May documenting what she’s learned from the crash.
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Officials said Welk, who married days after the fatal crash and is also known as Angenette Missett, had a blood alcohol level of 0.189 when she crashed into Sandra Clarkston in May 2018, reports ClickOnOrlando.
Welk remanded herself in custody in May of 2018 after causing a crash on Highway 27 near Orlando, said local reports.
Welk was driving her car when she rear-ended another one, smashing that one between her sedan and a tractor-trailer, according to CBS News.
Welk’s blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit, said police. She was held on $10,000 at first, but she was arrested again on Saturday after the woman, 60, who was involved in the crash died from her injuries. source
The truck driver was unharmed in the accident.
Shiyanne Kroll, the driver of the other car, suffered minor injures. Her mother, Sandra Clarkson, died days later, on Mother’s Day.
“Our lives are changed forever,” Clarkson’s other daughter, Keonna Sciacca, told CBS.
During the scene of the accident, Welk allegedly told police that she was a distracted driver, dropping her cellphone before she crashed, the Post reported, citing information from the Florida Highway Patrol.