A 19-year-old Akron man will serve eight to 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to causing a fiery crash that left one person dead and two injured, including himself.
Miguel Gipson pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony, vehicular assault, receiving stolen property and attempted failure to comply, which was amended from failure to comply with a police officer, according to Summit County Common Pleas Bailiff Amanda Brown.
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Summit County Common Pleas Judge Alison McCarty sentenced Gipson on Thursday, four days before he was scheduled to appear for a jury trial.
Deadly crash kills one
Gipson was spotted by Akron police on Aug. 29 at around 11:30 p.m. driving at a high rate of speed north on Kelly Avenue in a red Kia Forte. Police began to chase but called it off due to the high speed.
The vehicle, driven by Gipson, continued north until it rear-ended another vehicle, struck a pole and caught fire at Kelly Avenue and Third Avenue.
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Two 18-year-olds were in the Kia at the time. Stephonne Jackson of Akron was pronounced dead at the hospital. Gipson and the second 18-year-old were hospitalized.
The driver who was rear-ended was not injured. Police determined the red Kia Forte was stolen from a Canton resident.
Police were initially open to the possibility that the crash and a nearby shooting that left a 28-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the face were connected. They later determined there was no connection.
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Akron man who pleaded guilty to causing fatal fiery crash gets 8 to 12 years in prison
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