MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile man has been sentenced for the manslaughter of a George County medic.
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Michael Ladell Thomas, 35 years old at the time of the incident, was set to go on trial this week for vehicular homicide.
On Monday, Thomas entered a plea deal to the charges of DUI, manslaughter, and first-degree assault.
Thomas will serve a 20-year prison sentence and is ordered to pay restitution of $18,000 to the victim’s family.
On Dec. 30, 2023, Katie Pipkins, a 30-year-old ASAP medic from George County, stopped to help at the scene of an accident on Moffett and Wolf Ridge Roads. Thomas then crashed into the scene, killing Pipkins…