A 29-year-old man who killed two people while driving high on methamphetamine was sentenced Monday to 158 years in prison.
William Lloyd Jokay-Szilagji killed Jacob Bowen, 26, and Jesse Edmonds, 30, in May 2019 when he ran a red light at Alameda and Kipling parkways in Lakewood. Jokay-Szilagj was driving 105 miles per hour and without headlights when he struck the car being driven by Bowen, according to prior reports. Two women who were passengers in Bowen’s car were seriously injured. The four had traveled to Colorado for a vacation when the accident happened, a news release from the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office said.
Minutes before the crash, two Lakewood Police Department agents had tried to stop Jokay-Szilagji, who was driving a stolen Toyota 4-Runner, outside a condominium complex. Jokay-Szilagji fled, ramming a police cruiser and injuring an officer in his escape. He drove through a wooden fence and through a pedestrian area to get away, the news release said.
In February, a Jefferson County jury convicted Jokay-Szilagji of 24 counts, including two counts of vehicular homicide – driving under the influence, two counts of vehicular homicide – reckless, vehicular eluding causing death and four courts of first-degree assault – extreme indifference. aggravated motor vehicle theft and possession of a controlled substance.
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