The driving force who brought about the crash that killed former Minnesota Vikings rookie Khyree Jackson and two others final 12 months pleaded responsible to a few counts of negligent murder drunk in a Maryland court docket Friday.
As a part of a plea settlement, Cori Clingman, 25, is prone to serve three years in jail. Prosecutors will really useful a five-year sentence for every rely, suspending all however one 12 months to be served consecutively.
Clingman is ready to be sentenced Feb. 4. She had confronted a complete of 13 costs previous to the plea deal.
She was allegedly driving over 100 mph and intoxicated when she brought about 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 response to police, Jackson and Hazel had been pronounced lifeless on the scene, whereas Lytton was transported to a hospital earlier than being pronounced lifeless by hospital personnel.
Clingman, the 2 passengers in her automobile and the motive force of a Chevrolet Impala that was additionally within the crash had been unhurt.
“Incidents like these are usually not simply accidents,” Prince George's County State's Legal professional Tara Jackson stated. “They're preventable tragedies that happen from aware selections.”
Jackson, who was one month away from his twenty fifth birthday on the time of his loss of life, was Minnesota's fourth-round choose 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.
