GOODYEAR, AZ (AZFamily) — The man accused of killing two people in a cycling crash and injuring over a dozen more in Goodyear more than two years ago has accepted a plea deal.
On Thursday, Pedro Quintana-Lujan pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of serious physical injury or death by a moving violation at the Goodyear Municipal Court. He now faces between six months to a year behind bars.
In addition to the pending prison sentence, he must pay $2,500, complete 60 hours of community service and submit to quarterly drug testing as part of the plea deal. His driver’s license will also be suspended for nearly six months.
The conviction stems from an incident on the Cotton Lane Bridge when Quintana-Lujan crashed into a group of cyclists in February 2023. Two of them, Karen Malisa and David Kero, were killed, and 17 others were injured…