A 22-year-old man was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to causing a crash that killed a Columbus baseball coach in 2016, according to multiple media reports.
William Cross pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide, theft by taking, fleeing law enforcement and leaving the scene of an accident in the death of Carver High School's David Pollard, Columbus-based WTVM-TV reported. As part of his plea deal, a felony murder charge was reportedly dropped.
On April 18, 2016, Pollard was killed in a three-vehicle wreck involving a stolen car driven by Cross, the news station reported. Cross, who was 19 at the time, ran a red light on Buena Vista Road before the crash at Andrews Road.
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer previously reported that Pollard, 36, was on his way to a hardware store to pick up chalk to line the fields hours before his school’s game against LaGrange High.
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Cross ran from the scene and was later arrested by Columbus police after a local pastor received a tip about his involvement, WRBL-TV reported.
Cross was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the vehicular homicide charge and received an additional 10 years for the theft charge.
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