McHenry man sentenced for DUI deaths in Harrison County

Andrew James Good
Andrew James Good
Andrew James Good

BILOX, Mississippi (AP) — A 27-year-old McHenry man will spend 28 years in prison for drinking, driving, and killing a man and his daughter.

Andrew James Good pleaded guilty Tuesday in Harrison County Circuit Court to two counts of driving under the influence causing death.

The accident happened in January 2013 on the Interstate 110 in Biloxi, south of the drawbridge. Police said Good was driving more than 90 miles per hour when he rear ended a car driven by Alex Hernandez, 28. Hernandez, and his 5-year-old daughter, Ashlin, were killed in the crash.

Prosecutors said Good told investigators he drank four or five beers along with four or five shots of alcohol after getting off from work. He was driving from a bar in Gulfport to a casino in Biloxi when the wreck occurred just after 5 a.m.

Assistant District Attorney Scott Lusk said Good had a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.18 percent — more than twice the legal limit — at the time of the crash.

Judge Lisa P. Dodson sentenced Good to 14 years on each count with the sentences to run consecutively.