An 18-year-old from Parker pleaded guilty Friday in a one-car Black Forest crash that left two teens dead and another injured.
Marshal Gregory was 17 years old at the time of the . He was charged as an adult and pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide while driving under the influence, El Paso County court records show.
that under a plead deal with prosecutors, Gregory faces serving between four and six years in Youthful Offender Services in Pueblo. He is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 16.
Gregory was driving a Mini Cooper carrying the four teens just after 1 a.m. on Sept. 1
He was driving east across Roller Coaster Road onto Hodgen Road when he ran a stop sign going about 80 mph in a 40 mph zone, authorities say.
the convertible went airborne, struck a fence, rotated, pinballed through some trees and dropped down an embankment before coming to a rest, according to a Colorado State Patrol report.
The crash hurled 17-year-old back-seat passenger Beau Begier, who wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, through the car’s convertible roof, killing him, according to the patrol. In the back seat, 18-year-old Ryan Pappas was also dead.
In the front passenger seat, Mitchell Clark, who was 17 years old at the time, was seriously injured.
All three were students at Palmer Ridge High School.
Gregory, who The Gazette reported had recently transferred from Palmer Ridge to a Parker high school, was the only one in the car who wasn’t killed or severely injured.
The patrol says Gregory was under the influence of alcohol.
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