A man has pleaded guilty to causing a crash that killed one person and injured two others last summer in German Twp.
Cristian Jesus Villajuarez-Castillo, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated vehicular homicide and two counts of aggravated vehicular assault, according to court records filed Wednesday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.
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As part of a plea agreement, one count of aggravated vehicular homicide, two counts of vehicular assault, and one count of OVI were dismissed.
Villajuarez-Castillo will be sentenced on Feb. 23 and faces up to 16 ½ years in prison.
The charges were in connection to a head-on crash that happened Aug. 5 on State Route 4 between Eby Road and the Butler County Line.
Villajuarez-Castillo was driving north on State Route 4 when he crossed over the center line and hit a blue Ford Focus that was going south, according to a crash report.