Derrick Thompson (Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office)
MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO) – A Brooklyn Park man convicted of killing five women in 2023 in Minneapolis in a high-speed crash has been sentenced to nearly 59 years in prison.
A Hennepin County District Court jury found Derrick Thompson, 32, guilty last month in the deaths of the group of friends who were preparing for a wedding at the time of the crash. Thompson was convicted of five counts of third-degree murder and 10 counts of criminal vehicular homicide.
Prosecutors say Thompson topped speeds of 100 mph while driving erratically on Interstate 35W on the night of June 16, 2023.
A state patrol officer testified that troopers were following Thompson without emergency lights activated and saw him speed off onto East Lake Street where he struck and instantly killed the victims.
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