LONGVIEW, Texas — A Longview man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a September 2017 wreck that killed two people.
According to Gregg County judicial records, Chad Malone, 21, of Longview, pleaded guilty on Monday to two counts of racing on a highway causing serious bodily injury and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on resulting in a 12-year sentence for each charge. The sentences will run concurrently.
In January, Malone waived his right to a jury trial.
Davin Davis, 21, of Hallsville, has had his trial scheduled for March 18, 2019.
Davis is charged with:
- Manslaughter (2)
- Racing on a highway causing serious bodily injury (3)
- Aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury
According to the officials, on Friday, September 22, 2017, around 8:30 p.m., police were called to the scene of a two-vehicle crash in the 300 block of North Eastman Road (U.S. 259).
The LPD says Malone's car collided with a pickup truck driven by Christina Wilson, of Harleton. Wilson was ejected from her truck and taken to a local hospital.
Malone was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. Malone's passengers, Rylee Malone, 17, and Meshebia Johnson, 17, died as a result of the crash.
Police concluded Malone and Davis were racing when the collision occurred.
