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Published October 04, 2012, 05:38 AM

Lower Brule teen pleads guilty in 2011 crash that killed 5

RELIANCE (AP) — A 19-year-old Lower Brule woman has pleaded guilty to five counts of vehicular homicide in a wreck that killed five people, including a 10-year-old.

RELIANCE (AP) — A 19-year-old Lower Brule woman has pleaded guilty to five counts of vehicular homicide in a wreck that killed five people and injured four more last year. Tessa Crane appeared in a Kennebec courtroom Wednesday. She’s to be sentenced in December. Crane was the driver of an Oldsmobile Cutlass that collided in August 2011 with a Toyota Corolla carrying six people.

The vehicles burst into flames on a gravel road. The victims included children: One 10-year-old was among the dead.

Lyman County States Attorney Anita Fuoss says the state dismissed lesser charges, such as driving without a license, in exchange for the plea. Crane was taken into custody Wednesday and is to return to court Dec. 20. She faces up to 75 years in prison.

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