OGDEN, Utah (AP) - A defense attorney says a plea deal is in the works for a 16-year-old girl charged with killing two people in a high-speed crash on the way to carry out a suicide pact.
Defense attorney Tara Isaacson said Tuesday the deal is expected to split the defendant’s sentence between juvenile detention and adult prison.
The Associated Press is not naming the defendant because she’s a minor.
Police say she decided to kill herself by slamming into another car when an officer tried to pull her over in Roy last year. Two people died in the crash.
The teen is now 17 and facing adult murder charges because state law requires prosecutors to bypass juvenile court in serious cases. A judge had refused to move the case to juvenile court.
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This story has been corrected to show the defense attorney’s name is spelled Tara Isaacson, not Issacson.
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