Sentence Reduced for Driver in Crash That Killed Magruder Senior and Grads

Survivor: Kevin Coffay fled the scene after the crash.

A panel of judges on Friday reduced the sentence of the driver involved in a crash that killed a Col. Zadok Magruder High School senior and two graduates in Olney in May, according to media reports. A panel of three judges reduced the sentence for Kevin Coffay, 21, of Rockville, from 20 years to eight years, The Washington Post reported. ABC7 reported that the new sentence was for 15 years in prison, with seven suspended. Coffay could be eligible for parole next year, ABC7 reported. Coffay pleaded guilty in November to three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of failing to remain at the scene of a crash where a death occurred. Coffay was in Montgomery County Circuit Court in Rockville on Friday under a Maryland law that allows …

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Coffay Gets 20 Years for Crash That Killed Magruder Senior and Two Grads

Judge: “It's time for the community to heal.”

A judge sentenced a Rockville man on Thursday to 20 years in prison for driving the car involved in a crash in Olney that killed a Col. Zadok Magruder High School senior and two graduates in May. Kevin Coffay, 20, pleaded guilty Nov. 10 to three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of failing to remain at the scene of a crash where a death had occurred, according to WTOP.com. At the sentencing hearing in a Rockville courtroom packed with friends and family of the victims and defendant on Thursday, a sobbing Coffay apologized. "This is doing nothing but eating me alive inside,” he said, according to WUSA9.com. “Words cannot do justice to the shame and guilt I feel every day. It haunts me every day." Prosecutors argued in court …

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Driver Pleads Guilty in Crash That Killed Magruder High Senior and Two Grads

Kevin Coffay, who faces up to 40 years in prison, will be sentenced in January.