DUI Driver Sentenced 40 Years in Boys’ Deaths

Eri Otoniel Roblero Perez was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of felony DUI resulting in death in a crash that killed two boys riding bicycles along Asheville Highway in Spartanburg County. Prosecutors said Perez veered off the road and struck the boys, a fence and a tree; both children later died at a hospital. Investigators reported that Perez had been drinking heavily before driving, and his blood alcohol level was .264.