Guilty plea in crash that killed parents, injured 3 children
Associated PressSANTA ANA, Calif. — A drunken driver who killed a mother and father and seriously injured their three young children as they looked at Christmas lights in Southern California pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder. On Dec. 8, 2020, Coleman’s Range Rover ran a red light at 75 mph and struck the car of a family that was driving around to look at Newport Beach Christmas lights, prosecutors said. Coleman had been arrested 3 1/2 months before the crash in Laguna Beach for driving under the influence, acknowledging that she had a blood alcohol level of.18% at the time, authorities said. “And those little girls are going to have to live with those consequences the rest of their lives because someone they never met decided to get behind the wheel of a car while drunk and kill their parents.” Coleman and her parents — who own the Range Rover — also are being sued for wrongful death by attorneys for the three children.
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