More than two years after a fatal crash ended the lives of two Durham women, the driver responsible pleaded guilty in a Durham County courtroom Wednesday.
Armonta Lamont Tyler, 28, of Raleigh was sentenced to a minimum of four years and 11 months and a maximum of five years and 11 months in prison for the Oct. 28, 2022, deaths of Cornisha Shaw, 24, and Courtney Simms, 23, court documents show.
Shaw and Simms were killed and Tyler was seriously injured in the late-night crash, which occurred at 11:49 p.m. on Fayetteville Street near Timothy Avenue when the trio’s 2017 Audi ran off the road and hit a tree, The News & Observer previously reported . Police said at the time that speed appeared to be a factor in the crash…