Man gets seven years in crash that killed toddler

ST. LOUIS -- A suburban St. Louis man was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for a 2001 wrong-way drunk-driving accident that killed a toddler from Illinois.

Salvatore DiCarlo, 38, of Des Peres, pleaded guilty last month to involuntary manslaughter and assault. The sentence was for the manslaughter charge.

Circuit Judge David Mason also ordered three concurrent one-year sentences for assault.

Authorities said DiCarlo was drunk when he drove his truck westbound in the eastbound lanes of Highway 40 -- also known as Interstate 64 -- in downtown St. Louis shortly after 2 a.m. on June 27, 2001. Two-year-old Emily Orban of Worden, Ill., was killed when the truck hit the van in which she was riding.

Police said DiCarlo had a blood alcohol content of .16. The legal limit in Missouri was .10 at the time and since has dropped to .08.

DiCarlo suffered minor injuries in the accident.