The family of a woman who was killed in a crash last year is speaking out after the driver charged with causing the crash pleaded guilty.
Prosecutors say Kelsey Slivinski died last year after a driver crossed over the center line going 80 miles per hour. Two other people were seriously hurt in that crash, one of them being an eight-year-old boy.
The driver who pleaded guilty is 20-year-old Cristian Jesus Villajuarez-Castillo from Middletown. He now faces up to 16 1/2 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and aggravated vehicular assault charges.
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The prosecutor’s office said he had no driver’s license and was driving erratically. According to a crash report, he crossed the center line and hit Kelsey’s car head-on last August.
Her younger sister told News Center 7′s Brandon Lewis that she never wants Kelsey to be forgotten through all of this. She said Kelsey was outgoing and had a beautiful smile.