Diana Rojas Martinez, 18, and Christopher Jahmar Bunay, 19, killed in collision with wrong-way driver Quoc Thanh Tran, 26, on Interstate 94 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Tran has been convicted of five traffic-related offenses, including two on charges of speeding faster than is reasonable and prudent.
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Tran will be sentenced on Oct. 20. The county attorney's office said it will seek an eight-year prison sentence.
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Quoc Tran, of Osseo, entered his plea last week in Hennepin County District Court to two counts of criminal vehicular homicide and is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 30. A jury trial had been scheduled to start Monday.
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Why every fatality from a crash is not legally a wrongful death
After someone dies in a motor-vehicle accident, grieving family members and friends are often left with many questions. What caused the accident? Could it have been avoided? What do they do now that their loved one is gone?
Sometimes a fatal collision happens through no one's fault. Crashes caused by weather and road conditions, or by wildlife in the roadway, are examples. But when a fatal crash is caused by negligence, then family members should pursue a wrongful death claim, to uphold the victim's rights and begin the financial recovery process. Learn more about wrongful death claims here.
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