ALLEGAN COUNTY, Mich. — The intoxicated driver who hit a minivan full of kids in Allegan County and drove away from the crash will spend a year in jail.
Robert Lambert Jr., 53, is convicted on the counts of Operating While Intoxicated Causing Serious Injury and Failure to Stop At Scene of a Personal Injury Accident. He was sentenced to 395 days in jail with a two-day credit for time served.
Michigan State Police responded to the crash back on March 8 around 7:30 p.m. near 142nd Avenue and Division Avenue South in Leighton Township.
The van's driver, a 63-year-old Byron Center woman, suffered a skull fracture, subdural hemorrhage and subdural hematoma. Four young children from the Wayland area were also in the car at the time of the crash and have since recovered.
Lambert was driving his blue GMC pickup truck when he rear-ended the minivan stopped at a sign. Police said he was driving at a high rate of speed and fled from the scene.
Troopers were able to follow a trail of debris from the crash back to Lambert's home and found the smashed-up truck behind a barn.
When police questioned Lambert, they said he appeared intoxicated and later was found to have a 0.20 BAC from a blood draw.
Police also said Lambert had left a Grand Rapids bar about 20 minutes before the crash.
After Lambert completes his jail sentence he will be on probation for three years.
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