A Somerville man charged in connection with a wrong-way crash in Saugus in 2021 that claimed the life of a 19-year-old nursing student is slated to learn his fate on Tuesday.
William Leger faces a sentencing hearing in Salem Superior Court at 2 p.m. after pleading guilty to charges including manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation, unarmed robbery, receiving a stolen vehicle, and driving with a suspended license in connection with the death of Ashley Forward, of Lynn.
Leger’s sentencing also comes exactly five years to the day of Forward’s death on June 9, 2021, and one week after he pled guilty to the charges just as his trial was set to begin…