 A Wise County Virginia man was convicted this week in a 2018 crash in Letcher County that killed two Pike County women. 39-year-old Travis Hilbert had faced two charges of second degree manslaughter in the deaths of 61-year-old Barbara Newsom of Pikeville and 90-year-old Kathleen Tackett of Belcher. I was in the courtroom in Letcher Circuit Court for a hearing on Wednesday when Hilbert entered his plea. And do you further understand, sir, there would not be an appeal to a higher court from the judgment of this court if you plead guilty or so? All right. Now all you know is- Travis Hilbert has been lodged in Letcher County jail since May of 2018 when the wreck that killed Newsom and Tackett occurred. He was on his way back to Virginia when he lost control of his truck towing a horse trailer on US-119 at Payne Gap near Jenkins and crossed into the path of the women's vehicle. Newsom died while en route to the hospital. Tackett died several days later. In this video I shot at the scene, Hilbert struggles through his field sobriety test and is arrested by Kentucky State Police. Twenty months later in Wednesday's court hearing, Hilbert entered an Alfred plea to two amended charges of reckless homicide in Newsom's and Tackett's death and second degree assault in the injuries suffered by another passenger in the vehicle. An Alfred plea is entered when a defendant maintains they are not guilty but admits there is enough evidence to convict them. An Alfred plea is treated in the court system in the same manner as a guilty plea. As part of the plea agreement, Hilbert could face up to 16 years in prison. Now with that 16 year recommended sentence, Hilbert will be eligible for parole after serving 20% of his eventual sentence. If he sentenced to the recommended 16 years, he'll be eligible for parole after serving a little over three years in jail. He'll be sentenced in March. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Chris Anderson.