A 33-year-old man was sentenced to 54 years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide in a Pueblo West crash that killed an Aurora grandmother, her grandson and a Denver man.
Kohen Kyle was initially charged with first-degree murder, vehicular homicide, DUI vehicular homicide and child abuse resulting in death after he crossed into oncoming traffic and hit a Honda CRV carrying Jesus Guerrero-Lopez, 48; Marie Quintana, 56; and Quintana’s 12-year-old grandson on Aug. 23, 2023.
Guerrero-Lopez lived in Denver and Quintana lived in Aurora, according to the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators estimated he was traveling at more than 100 mph when he crashed in the 800 block of North Purcell Boulevard, sheriff’s officials said. All three victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
Kyle pleaded guilty to three counts of vehicular homicide and will serve three consecutive 18-year sentences in the Colorado Department of Corrections, the sheriff’s office said in a news release Monday.
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