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Man sentenced to 10 years for wreck that killed Carthage teen

Michael Wayne Brady was high on methamphetamine while operating a car during the fatal crash, Harrison County District Attorney Reid McCain said.
Credit: Panola Watchman

CARTHAGE, Texas — A Marshall man charged in the July 2018 intoxication manslaughter death of Carthage teen Austin Gray was sentenced to 10 years last week by a Harrison County jury for the crime.

The defendant, 55-year-old Michael Wayne Brady, was high on methamphetamine while operating a car during the fatal crash, Harrison County District Attorney Reid McCain has said previously.

At the time of the wreck, Hallsville Police Chief Wesley Freeman reported that 18-year-old Gray died after his car was T-boned by Brady after Brady ran a red light at U.S. 80 and Branch Street in Hallsville.

Read more from our news partners, the Panola Watchman.

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