Driver gets prison in dragging case CASPER, WYO. (wpr) - A district judge on Monday sentenced a man to serve time in prison for dragging a pedestrian under his car for more than a mile last winter while driving under the influence.

Judge Scott Skavdahl sentenced Doug Downs to serve between one to four and a half years in prison.

Authorities say Downs hit Jeffrey Irene, 40, of Casper in the parking lot of a Casper bar last December. They say Downs dragged Irene underneath his SUV for more than a mile. Irene suffered massive injuries but survived.

A few hours before the dragging incident, a state trooper had arrested Downs and cited him with driving under the influence.

Downs had bonded out of jail before going to the bar.
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