Kevin Coffay

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"We've got to stop the culture of underage drinking," Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy said Thursday after the sentencing of Kevin Coffay, 20, of Rockville, who pleaded guilty to three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of fleeing the scene of an accident. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Haeley N. McGuire, 18, was one of three young people who died in a May 15 car crash near Olney in which the driver, Kevin Coffay, was impaired.

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Spencer Datt, 18, was one of three young people who died in a May 15 car crash near Olney in which the driver, Kevin Coffay, was impaired.

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John Hoover, 20, was one of three young people who died in a May 15 car crash near Olney in which the driver, Kevin Coffay, was impaired.

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Jimmy Hoover (left), along with brother Charlie, talk to the media about another brother who was killed in the crash of a car driven by Kevin Coffay. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Michael Murphy, an uncle of John Hoover, a victim killed in crash by Kevin Coffay, listens as John McCarthy, Montgomery County state's attorney, speaks to the press after Coffay, 20, pled guilty in Montgomery County Circuit Court on three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of leaving the scene of a fatal crash, in Rockville, Md. on Nov. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Kevin Coffay, 20, center, is escorted from Montgomery County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of leaving the scene of a fatal crash, in Rockville, Md. on Nov. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Kelly Hartman, from right, and Liz Connelly, neighbors of Kevin Coffay, speak with members of the press after Coffay, 20, pled guilty in Montgomery County Circuit Court on three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of leaving the scene of a fatal crash, in Rockville, Md. on Nov. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Kevin Coffay, 20, left, enters Montgomery County Circuit Court with his lawyer Michael McAuliffe for his plea hearing after being indicted on three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of leaving the scene of a fatal crash, in Rockville, Md. on Nov. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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John McCarthy, Montgomery County state's attorney, speaks on behalf of the families of the three victims of a car crash after Kevin Coffay, 20, the driver in the crash, pled guilty in Montgomery County Circuit Court on three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of leaving the scene of a fatal crash, in Rockville, Md. on Nov. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Kevin Coffay, 20, center, with his mother, at right, enters Montgomery County Circuit Court for his plea hearing after being indicted on three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of leaving the scene of a fatal crash, in Rockville, Md. on Nov. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)