The man who plunged citizens of Baldwin County into shock in April 2004 when the cement truck he was driving to Gulf Shores rolled and fell on top of Baldwin County Commisioner Mary Frances Stewart's car, killing her, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

But Robert Sitler, 34 at the time of Stewart's death, is going to prison for recent traffic violations in Florida, namely, speeding and failure to wear a seat belt. Sitler has been on probation since pleading guilty to manslaughter in connection with Stewart's death. The traffic violations resulted in the maximum sentence against Sitler, who was sentenced Thursday by Baldwin County Circuit Judge Lang Floyd.

Stewart was on her way to an Optimist Club event in Lillian on a Saturday when she was killed shortly before 7 a.m. At the scene, authorities believed Sitler's cement truck veered into Stewart's lane on U.S. Highway 98 near Baldwin County Road 95, struck her car and killed her instantly.

Following a preliminary hearing in May 2004, Sitler was bound over to the grand jury.

At that hearing, a State Trooper who conducted an on-scene interview with Sitler testified that Sitler said he was heading west on U.S. 98 near County Road 87 when he slowed down at an intersection.

Sitler said a car in front of him had applied brakes, forcing him to hit his brakes, which caused him to veer into the other lane to avoid a collision. Witnesses at the scene, including lawmen who were on their way to the law enforcement breakfast where the 67-year-old Stewart was headed, testified that they never saw the vehicle to which Sitler alluded.

A blood test at South Baldwin Regional Medical Center following the accident showed that Sitler's blood alcohol level was .03 percent.

Members of Stewart's family were in court on Thursday when Floyd sentenced Sitler.

(Staff writer Graham Heath contributed to this article.)