Man sentenced to 15-year-to-life term for crash that killed 3 in Lancaster

LANCASTER – A young man convicted of second-degree murder for a crash that killed three people at a Lancaster intersection was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years to life in state prison. Davion Murphy, 22, apologized to the victims’ families before being sentenced, and two of the victims’ family members offered their forgiveness, according to Deputy…

Driver Who Killed Peyton Knowlton, Age Eight, Gets 150 Days in Jail

Kyle Couch, 21, a onetime high school and college athlete who pleaded guilty to driving-related crimes in the 2015 accident that killed Longmont eight-year-old Peyton Knowles, has been sentenced to a maximum of 150 days in jail plus two years of probation. The punishment was meted out after prosecutors dropped a vehicular homicide charge that…

NYPD detective killed in Sprain Brook Parkway crash with wrong-way driver who had marijuana in car and may have been drinking: police sources

She drove by the scene of a fatal wreck unaware that her NYPD detective husband — about 10 months shy of retirement — died there hours earlier. Rechelle Duncan, with her 13-year-old daughter in tow, was headed to the city Friday morning to drop the girl off at school. She took the route they always…

After Crash That Killed 6 Teens, NTSB Chief Says People Underestimate Marijuana’s Impact on Drivers

DETROIT (AP) — A horrific crash that killed six high school girls in Oklahoma two years ago has the head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board urging parents to warn teenagers about the risk of driving after using marijuana. Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy made the appeal to parents Thursday as her agency released the final report on the…