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The man accused of causing a crash that killed three Levittown residents last year has been offered a plea deal.
NJ.com reports a Mercer County, New Jersey prosecutor told a judge this week that a plea deal has been offered to truck driver Richard Williams, 46, of Brooklyn, New York.
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Mr. Williams has been offered a deal by the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office that calls for an eight-year prison term if he pleads guilty, [the prosecutor] said. He would have to serve 85 percent of the sentence before he would be eligible for parole. His attorney countered with a six-year prison term, which is being reviewed by the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.
Williams, according to authorities, made an illegal U-turn on Route 1 in Lawrence, New Jersey in August 2013. The U-turn caused the crash that killed Jamella Tisdale, 25, Jaeyon Durante, 9, and Jaden Tisdale, who was three and a half months old. All three lived in Bristol Township’s Levittown section.
Another adult and a child were hospitalized following the crash.
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“Investigators say the SUV hit the side of the tractor trailer with such force, the wheels embedded into the concrete, trapping the family in the mangled metal,” a story on 6abc.com said.
Javeon was remembered by his classmates at James Buchanan Elementary School last year.
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Williams is free on bail and has no criminal record. He is next due in court in February.
