KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The woman who was convicted of vehicular homicide in connection to a deadly Knoxville drag racing crash that happened in 2023 has been sentenced to serve more than a decade in the Tennessee Department of Correction.
On Friday, September 26, Trinity Clark appeared in court for sentencing on her charges. In August, she was convicted on two counts of vehicular homicide by drag racing, one count of vehicular homicide by recklessness, four counts of drag racing resulting in serious bodily injury, two counts of reckless aggravated assault and one count of driving on a suspended license.
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The Knox County Attorney General’s office said Clark was sentenced to serve 12 years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. This is the same amount of time her co-defendant, Tra’Shawn Glass, was sentenced to after he pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular homicide by drag racing and two counts of reckless aggravated assault in April, the AG’s office said.
On January 17, 2023, Clark and Glass were accused of drag racing on Magnolia Avenue and causing a crash that left a man dead and two children injured. Knoxville Police said before the crash, two Dodge Chargers were racing and ran a red light at the intersection of Magnolia Avenue and Milligan Street, where they crashed into a Ford Explorer. The driver of the car, Michael Williams, 65, was killed, and his two grandchildren were critically injured.
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In addition to the initial crash, one of the cars also crashed into a the Safe Haven house, which is more than a block down the road from the intersection where the crash happened…