05 May 2014

After 9 deployments, sgt. maj. loses legs to drunken driver | RallyPoint.com

Military News - After 9 deployments, sgt. maj. loses legs to drunken driver

Image Copyright: Courtesy Bruns family

By Joe Gould, Staff report
Copyright: www.militarytimes.com

Sgt. Maj. Jeremy Bruns survived nine deployments only to lose both legs to a drunken driver who plowed into him outside his home on a Saturday morning in 2012.

On April 9, Bruns and his wife got some measure of justice in a North Carolina courtroom when the driver, Rhonda Sutton Bryant, was sentenced to 16 to 29 months.

Bryant, who was reportedly drunk and high behind the wheel and has since pleaded guilty, told Bruns in court she wished she could take his place. Bryant was at the time of the accident a 47-year-old Army spouse.

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