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The man accused of causing an accident in which 5 people died will appear in court on Monday.
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The man accused of causing an accident in which 5 people died will appear in court on Monday.

The man accused of causing an accident in which 5 people died will appear in court on Monday.

The man accused of causing a crash that killed five women in Minneapolis last year is scheduled to appear in Hennepin County Court Monday afternoon.

Derrick Thompson, 28, was offered a plea deal in August; He may accept this at the hearing scheduled to begin at 1:30 pm on Monday.

Thompson is charged with 10 counts of criminal vehicular homicide. Hennepin County Prosecutor Mary Moriarty five additional third-degree murder cases announced In September.

Under the terms plea agreementIf the other five also plead guilty, half of the vehicular homicide charges will be dropped. His sentence would be 32-39 years.

So was Thompson. convicted of federal drug and weapons charges It depends on the case. More than 2,000 fentanyl pills were found inside his vehicle after the crash.

As previously reported, Thompson is accused of speeding more than 150 kilometers per hour, running a red light and crashing into another vehicle, killing all five women inside.

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