A man who overtook a truck causing a double fatal Sturt highway crash has been jailed.
Mark Norman Hueppauff now aged 74 pled guilty to dangerous driving last year for the crash the happened in 2018 between Waikerie & Kingston on Murray.
The crash resulted in the deaths of Riverland couple Mike & Patricia McAuliffe, both well known in the community with Patricia once the deputy mayor of Renmark.
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While Mr Heappauff pled guilty last year, the years prior he disputed some elements of the prosecution against him – including one he should not driving due to shoulder surgery in the days prior to the crash.
He was set a jail sentence of four and half years in the district court this week, with non-parole set at 3 years and seven months.
