Driver pleads guilty in Minnesota crash that killed 2 teens
MN driver was going 75 mph in a 45 mph zone when he crossed the center line, hit the teen's vehicle head-on
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A man charged in a crash last year that killed two teens in northwestern Minnesota has pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree murder.
Valentin Mendoza, 21, was charged in the June 2021 crash on Highway 220 near East Grand Forks.
A crash report showed Mendoza was going 75 mph in a 45 mph zone when he crossed the center line and hit the teens' vehicle head on.
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A man has pleaded guilty after causing a car crash that killed two teens. He will be sentenced on Dec. 14. (Fox News)
Ethan Carsen, 17, and his 16-year-old passenger, Damien Powell, both from Grand Forks, died of their injuries days after the crash.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mendoza previously had pleaded not guilty to the two charges, but in an agreement with prosecutors changed his pleas in court Wednesday.
Mendoza will be sentenced on Dec. 14.