Drunk Driver Gets 7.5 Years for Fatal Crash

A Coal City woman who was driving drunk in Channahon last August when she plowed into another vehicle, killing the man behind the wheel, was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison Tuesday.

Tiffany Unland, 30, pleaded guilty to aggravated driving under the influence and will serve 85 percent of her sentence behind bars under the deal approved by Will County Circuit Judge Robert Livas, said Charles Pelkie, spokesman for the Will County state's attorney's office.

The Aug. 31 accident took place on Route 6, about a quarter mile east of Interstate 55, when an eastbound Unland crossed the center line and drove head on into the vehicle being driven by Anthony B. Calhoun, 46, of Palatine.

Unland is the mother of four children, all under the age of 13. She admitted in court last fall, when asking for her bond to be reduced, that she has a serious drinking problem requiring professional help that stems from a poor childhood and bad parents.