Driver pleads guilty in deadly Lemay drag race crash
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – One of two people charged for a 2024 drag racing crash that cost a construction worker his life appeared in St. Louis County Court to plead guilty.
The crash happened around 10:30 a.m. on April 5, 2024, in the 9900 block of South Broadway in Lemay.
Police said Deondre M. Robinson was racing another driver on South Broadway when Robinson lost control of his vehicle and spun, striking construction workers Christopher Johnson and Carl Seese. Johnson was pulled under Robinson's car during the crash and killed. Seese was badly injured.
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Robinson, now 20, pleaded guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, and operating a vehicle on a highway without a valid license.
In exchange for Robinson's guilty plea, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office recommended a sentence of 10 years in state prison.
Robinson will be sentenced on Thursday, June 12.
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