Lucas A. Bates gets life in prison for causing drunk driving wreck that killed Shirley Harless

Worthless dick bag Lucas A. Bates was so drunk on March 14, 2009, that he would have blown twice the legal limit … but he was too busy causing carnage on the roadway.

Bates’ blood-alcohol content was 0.174 when he sped down a two-lane highway in rural Clay County on his way to causing two head-on collisions, killing 60-year-old retired teacher Shirley Harless and injuring three other people. Bates, 30, is going to have a long time to think about the life he ended and the lives he forever changed.