The driving force who prompted the crash that killed former Minnesota Vikings rookie Khyree Jackson and two others final yr pleaded responsible to a few counts of negligent murder drunk in a Maryland courtroom Friday.
As a part of a plea settlement, Cori Clingman, 25, is prone to serve three years in jail. Prosecutors will really helpful a five-year sentence for every depend, suspending all however one yr to be served consecutively.
Clingman is about to be sentenced Feb. 4. She had confronted a complete of 13 fees previous to the plea deal.
She was allegedly driving over 100 mph and intoxicated when she prompted a three-car crash on July 6, 2024, killing Jackson and two of his highschool teammates, Isaiah Hazel and Anthony Lytton Jr.
Hazel was driving a Dodge Charger that was hit by Clingman’s Infiniti Q50. The Charger left the highway and struck a number of tree stumps. In accordance with police, Jackson and Hazel have been pronounced useless on the scene, whereas Lytton was transported to a hospital earlier than being pronounced useless by hospital personnel.
Clingman, the 2 passengers in her automotive and the driving force of a Chevrolet Impala that was additionally within the crash have been unhurt.
“Incidents like these should not simply accidents,” Prince George’s County State’s Lawyer Tara Jackson mentioned. “They’re preventable tragedies that happen from acutely aware decisions.”
Jackson, who was one month away from his twenty fifth birthday on the time of his dying, was Minnesota’s fourth-round decide within the 2024 NFL draft and had taken half in Vikings minicamp and OTAs.
Hazel, 23, performed soccer at Maryland and Charlotte. Lytton, 24, performed at Florida State and Penn State.