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Boren gets one year for wreck
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A drunk driver who crashed his car injuring six including himself will serve a year in jail.The drunk driver, Marcus C. Boren, 31, entered guilty pleas before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to charges of vehicular assault, reckless endangerment with a vehicle, and driving on a suspended license. The additional charge of DUI while accompanied by children was merged into the vehicular assault charges.Boren was directed to serve one year of a six-year sentence and must perform 40 hours public service work, pay $150 plus costs, and lose his driver license.The wreck happened last year on Viola Highway and led to his fiancée and three children being rushed to the hospital with injuries. Boren and his fiancée, Veronica Gault, 26, were both airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center from the scene of the accident.