Youth Shows Remorse for Vehicle Deaths
Seeking to demonstrate remorse , a Canyon High School senior pleaded guilty Tuesday to causing the deaths of four people in a high-speed car crash.
Appearing in Superior Court in Newhall in an orange jail jumpsuit, Marcus Christian Lellan, 18, pleaded guilty to four felony counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and one misdemeanor count of reckless driving involving bodily injury.
He faces as much as 10 1/2 years in prison, but could receive probation--which prosecutors said they would oppose.
On Feb. 17, Lellan drove an Acura that swerved out of control, overturned and landed on top of an oncoming Mustang.
Prosecutors praised Lellan’s guilty plea, but said probation would be insufficient.
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