VA Truck Driver Sentenced To Jail

WASHINGTON, Pa. — The Virginia truck driver who struck and killed another truck driver while tending to his disabled truck on Interstate 70 last year has been sentenced to jail. Hosea Holcomb, 28 was found guilty of striking and killing John Isenberg of Ohio back in late January. Video testimony showed Holcomb falling asleep at the wheel of his truck and swerving between lanes of traffic and the shoulder of the road before striking Isenberg in January of 2021. Holcomb did not stop after the accident and was pulled over by state police roughly 10 miles further east on Interstate 70. Holcomb is guilty of felony homicide by vehicle and accident causing death. He was also found guilty of four other summary offenses. Judge Gary Gilman sentenced Holcomb 3 1/2 to 7 years in jail for the incident. Reports say Holcomb was sorry for killing Isenberg and causing so much grief for the family, but still claimed that he was not aware of hitting Isenberg at the time of the incident. Holcomb’s lawyer says they will appeal the case.