Driver who plowed into couple holding hands and crossing the street, leaving them unconscious in the middle of a snowy road is headed to prison

A Wisconsin man is headed to prison after he mowed down a couple holding hands while they crossed the street and then left them in the middle of a snowy road.

Christopher Wood, 34, was sentenced to four years in prison, followed by five years of probation, after he pleaded no contest to hit-and-run with great bodily harm, according to court records.

The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office responded around 8:44 p.m. on Dec. 2 to a hit-and-run on Main Street in the village of Merton, which is about 25 miles northwest of Milwaukee. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found a man and woman, both 64, in the road…

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