Wister Resident Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Drunk Driving Accident That Seriously Injured Two Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Muskogee, Oklahoma Date: 22 March 2024 Subjects: American Government , Crime Topic: United States Numbered Highways

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kevin Dale Luman, age 38, of Wister, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for one count of Causing Accident Resulting in Great Bodily Injury while under the influence of Alcohol and Intoxicating Substances in Indian Country.

The charges arose from investigations by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the LeFlore County Sheriff’s Office.

On April 11, 2023, Luman pleaded guilty to the charge.  According to investigators, on June 23, 2019, Luman was driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.189% when he crossed the center line of U.S. Highway 271 in Wister, Oklahoma, and collided into an oncoming Jeep.  Both the driver and the passenger of the Jeep sustained significant injuries in the crash.  The crime occurred in LeFlore County, within the boundaries of the Choctaw Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing in Muskogee.  Luman was remanded into the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant United States Attorney Patrick M. Flanigan represented the United States.

Updated April 11, 2024