A Mississippi woman will spend the next 20 years in prison for a drunk-driving crash that took the life of a former MLB player.
Samantha Mann was sentenced on Monday by a Hinds County judge to two decades behind bars, WLBT-TV reported. The crash happened in June 2024 on Interstate 20 eastbound, three miles from the Edwards exit, and involved three cars, two 18-wheelers, and killed Mike Brumley.
Brumley, 61 at the time, was a former MLB player and coach. He played for nine seasons as an infielder with the Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, and Oakland Athletics. He was a coach for the Mariners from 2010 to 2013 and for the Cubs in 2014. He served as the minor league hitting coordinator for the Atlanta Braves from 2018 to 2022.
Mann, a 42-year-old from Byram, pleaded guilty in December to aggravated DUI.
According to the report, court documents showed Mann had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.188% at the time of the crash – well over the legal limit of .08%. Upon being released from prison, she will serve four years of probation.