The driver who caused a 2024 crash that led to the deaths of Minnesota Vikings rookie Khyree Jackson and his two friends pleaded guilty Friday to three counts of negligent homicide under the influence of alcohol.
Cori Clingman, 25, accepted a plea agreement in a Maryland court. She had faced 13 charges.
Her sentencing was set for Feb. 4, and ESPN reported she is expected to be sentenced to a five-year sentence for each count, with all but one year suspended for each. That would result in three one-year terms to be served consecutively.
According to Maryland State Police, Jackson, 24, was the front-seat passenger in a Dodge Charger that was struck by an Infiniti Q50 shortly after 3 a.m. on July 6, 2024, in Prince George’s County.
The Infiniti, driven by Clingman, was attempting to change lanes and traveling at a high rate of speed when the car hit the Charger and then struck a Chevrolet Impala. The impact sent the Charger off the right side of the road, where it came to rest after hitting “multiple tree stumps,” per the report.
Prosecutors alleged she was driving more than 100 mph.
The two other occupants of the Charger — driver Isaiah Hazel, 23, and Anthony Lytton Jr., 24 — had been high school teammates of Jackson and later played in college.
Hazel and Jackson were pronounced dead at the scene, and Lytton was declared deceased at a hospital.
The driver of the Impala was uninjured, and Clingman and her two passengers were not hurt, according to authorities.
Jackson, who was one month away from his 25th birthday at the time of his death, was Minnesota’s fourth-round pick in the 2024 NFL draft and had taken part in Vikings minicamp and OTAs. He played at Oregon in college.
