A 30-year-old Lubbock man was sentenced Thursday to 16 months in jail after he admitted to negligently causing a deadly December 2019 wreck that investigators believe involved speeding.
Evan Charles Flacy, who has been out on bond since September 2020, appeared in court with his attorney, Matt Powell, and pleaded guilty to a state-jail felony count of criminally negligent homicide, which carries a punishment of six months to two years in a state jail.
Flacy entered his plea to the lesser-included charge ahead of a trial set for Monday. In the trial, he would have faced a second-degree felony count of manslaughter, which carries a punishment of two to 20 years in prison.
A deadly high-speed crash in central Lubbock
Flacy admitted to driving his vehicle, a Porsche Boxster, at excessive speeds, failing to keep a proper distance from other vehicles, failing to change lanes safely, failing to keep a proper lookout, causing the Dec. 16, 2019, wreck that killed of 21-year-old Zatryx Boggus, according to the indictment…