Road-rage driver gets 13 years for killing fireman

Mark Noormets was a devoted father of four and a volunteer firefighter who lost his life at age 51. Source: Supplied

The fatal crash scene near Byford. Source: Supplied

A DRUGGED driver who killed an off-duty fireman in a head-on crash in a road rage pursuit has been jailed for 13 years.

Rodney Allen Beard, 36, was sentenced today in the District Court over the death of Mark Noormets, 51, in December 2012.

The fatal crash happened on the South Western Highway in Byford when Beard's car veered on to the wrong side of the road as he chased another male driver in a road rage incident.

Beard hit Mr Noormet's car head on. Mr Noormets — a father of four and volunteer firefighter — was killed instantly.

Beard was high on methylamphetamine at the time of the crash.

He originally pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and doing an act likely to endanger the safety of another person.

But he pleaded guilty to both charges on the second day of his trial earlier this year.

Beard will be eligible for parole in 2025.

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