10-Year Sentence in Drunk Driving Fatality

The 155th District Court sentenced a drunk driver to 10 years in state prison for killing a local firefighter and businessman in 2022.

Taylor Levick, 24 of Woodsboro, pleaded no contest to intoxication manslaughter, a second degree felony, during a hearing before District Judge Jeff Steinhauser on Wednesday, Jan. 3. Levick was driving a vehicle on SH 159 in Rutersville while under the influence of alcohol on Nov. 19, 2022. Levick crashed into another vehicle driven by Karl Walter Goehring, 47 of Walhalla. Goehring died in the crash. At the time of the crash, Levick was out on bail from a DWI arrest in Comal County

The range of possible punishment for the offense was two to 20 years in prison. The prosecution offered Levick a plea bargain for 10 years in prison. Levick accepted the plea bargain during the hearing on Wednesday. He will begin serving his sentence in April. Goehring left behind a widow and two young sons.

He was a member of the Ledbetter Volunteer Fire Department and the owner of a local heating and air conditioning company. Goehring was also well-known in the community as a gifted musician.