Driver In Fatal Church Bus Crash Pleads No Contest
The driver responsible for a head-on collision in 2017 that killed 13 church members from New Braunfels pleaded no contest to multiple manslaughter counts in a Uvalde County courtroom Thursday. Jack D. Young could face decades in prison for their deaths.
On March 29 2017, Young’s vehicle veered into oncoming traffic, crashing into a bus carrying members of the First Baptist Church of New Braunfels. His original plea of not guilty was changed Thursday to no contest for 13 counts of intoxication manslaughter and one count of intoxication assault. Thirteen involuntary manslaughter charges were dropped.
Each manslaughter charge could mean two to 20 years in prison, and up to 10 years for the assault charge. The sentences could be served concurrently but potentially total 270 years.
Young had no comment as he left the Uvalde County Justice Center, but his attorney Rogelio Munoz said Young made his plea to go through with a trial.
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