Two men have been charged with reckless driving causing death and reckless driving causing serious impairment of a bodily function in connection with a five-vehicle crash that killed one person and sent 12 others to the hospital in April of last year.
According to the Ingahm County Prosecutor's office, 24-year-old Keondre Morgan from Delta Township was arraigned on January 29 and 19-year-old John Velasquez-Hicks was arraigned Monday January 12.
Both face felony charges in connection with a five-vehicle crash that killed a 15-year-old and sent 12 others to the hospital last year.
The April 24 crash happened near South Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Mary Avenue in Lansing. The victims' ages ranged from 3 to 52 years old, with injuries varying from minor to critical.
Lansing Police Department officials said the crash happened around 8:30 p.m. when two vehicles were traveling south on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at high speeds. The vehicles crashed into a car making a turn near Pierce Road.
The impact pushed the vehicles into the northbound lanes, where they struck two additional cars. Two people in one of the speeding vehicles were ejected from the car.
Velasquez-Hicks is represented by attorney Michael J. Nichols, while Morgan is represented by attorney Fred Blackmond.
Morgan has a probable cause conference scheduled for Feb. 5 at 8:30 a.m. and a preliminary examination scheduled for Feb. 12 at 8:30 a.m., both before Judge Kristen D. Simmons.
The case is being prosecuted by the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office, with Officer Anthony Vandevoorde of the Lansing Police Department listed as the investigating officer.
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