A man has been give five years of probation for the deaths of his 41-year-old brother and another man who were riding in his pickup truck when it crashed near Clarksville. The Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reports that 47-year-old Matthew DeWitt was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison, suspended, and ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution. He’d pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide-reckless driving. Prosecutors had reduced his charges in exchange.Authorities say DeWitt’s blood showed the presence of alcohol and marijuana after the Oct. 27, 2016. DeWitt was towing a trailer when his pickup veered off the roadway and hit a culvert. His brother, 41-year-old Jeffrey Joe DeWitt, of Shell Rock, and 28-year-old Andrew John Baker, of Waverly, were killed. Matthew DeWitt also was injured.
