A 34-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting to being the driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed a young Arlington couple in late 2024, the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office said.
Nathan Vaughn pleaded guilty this week to charges of manslaughter and collision involving death, District Attorney Phil Sorrells said.
Vaughn was traveling between bars late in the evening on Dec. 15, 2024, when his car swerved off the road and struck 23-year-old Kiara Valdez and her boyfriend, 22-year-old Jahlil Kirkland. Valdez and Kirkland were walking home from dinner on the sidewalk along East Lamar Boulevard at the time, and Vaughn did not stop to try to help them…