OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A father convicted of manslaughter for allowing his teen son to drive the family car without a license before a fatal Poinciana crash in September 2023 will be sentenced on Wednesday.
Richard Ferguson was found guilty of four counts of manslaughter in the case.
According to troopers, Ferguson’s son, Ri’shard Ferguson, ran through a stop sign at nearly 80 mph and slammed into another vehicle, killing a 50-year-old woman and her three grandchildren — a 1-year-old girl, a 9-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl. Ri’shard Ferguson was 15 years old at the time of the wreck…