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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A 22-year-old who killed two radical connected a motorcycle portion racing connected a Fresno roadway was sentenced Thursday, the Fresno County District Attorney's Office said.
According to the DA, 22-year-old William Reyes Lozano's condemnation was enhanced due to the fact that helium was besides nether the power of marijuana.
On July 4, 2023, astir 10:30 p.m., Lozano was driving eastbound connected Clinton Avenue. While stopped astatine a reddish airy astatine the crossroads with Maple, the DA says a witnesser saw him revving his engine, challenging the operator adjacent to him to a race.
When the airy turned green, Lozano accelerated.
After passing the intersection of Clinton and Chestnut avenues, the DA says Lozano collided with a motorcycle carrying 2 riders: 55-year-old Michael Timothy Connors of Fresno and 50-year-old Arba Renee of Clovis.
The motorcycle was dragged nether Lozano's car until the adjacent intersection.
Connors was pronounced dormant astatine the scene, and Smith died soon aft arriving astatine the hospital.
According to investigators, Lozano reached 96 mph seconds earlier the clang and was traveling betwixt 76 and 84 mph astatine the infinitesimal of impact.
Lozano was sentenced to 10 years successful situation aft pleading blameworthy connected Aug. 15 to 2 counts of gross vehicular manslaughter portion impaired, 1 number of driving nether the power of drugs, and 1 number of driving nether the power of drugs portion causing injury.
According to the DA, Lozano besides struck 2 occupied vehicles, injuring some occupants, 10 days before, portion besides nether the power of marijuana.
