Driver Gets Probation for Triple-Fatal Miller County Crash

The driver of one of the cars involved in the head-on crash that killed three members of an Eldon family has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of failure to drive on the right half of the road. 19-year-old Emily Frakes was sentenced to two year’s court supervised probation. 36-year-old Marty Wilcox, his 27-year-old wife, and three-year-old son, all died in February 28th accident on Highway 52 near Tuscumbia. Two-day-old Gabriel Wilcox survived. The Wilcoxes were on the way home from the hospital with the baby when it happened.