Eight years in prison for man in Carthage hit-and-run

Eight years in prison for man in Carthage hit-and-run

A man from Joplin has been given an 8-year prison sentence for hitting a Dominoes delivery driver in Carthage in November. 43-year-old Miguel Gaspar-Diaz was given four years for the leaving the scene of a crash charge and four years for tampering with evidence charge. In a probable cause statement, he admitted to drinking alcohol at a friend’s house in Carthage prior to the accident, which seriously injured Braxton Thrasher, who has since recov…