Man sentenced for running over wife

HART, Mich. (WOOD) - A man who ran down his wife and her boyfriend with a pickup truck, killing the woman, has been sentenced to up to 160 years in prison.

Julian Hernandez Zapata, 39, struck his estranged wife Andrea Garcia-Gonzalez and her new boyfriend Sabastian Rios-Guerrero with a farm truck as they stood near a Hart intersection in May.

Zapata initially aimed his truck at Rios-Guerrero, according to the Oceana County Sheriff's Department's investigation, but his wife got in the way and they were both struck. Garcia-Gonzalez was dragged under the truck for several feet. Zapata then allegedly turned the truck around, aimed at Rios-Guerrero and struck him again.

Garcia-Conzalez was pronounced dead at the scene. Rios-Guerrero sustained critical injuries.

Zapata pleaded no contest to open murder and attempted murder in September.

He was sentenced Monday to 22.5 years to 80 years in prison for each count.

Garcia-Gonzalez and Zapata, who have four children together, were in the process of getting a divorce. At the time, authorities said Zapata admitted to investigators he had planned to run his romantic rival over.