AMinneapolisman who caused a high-speed crash that killed five young women in 2023 was sentenced Thursday to 704 months in prison, following a jury’s guilty verdict last month.

Derrick John Thompson, 29, was convicted in June of five counts each of third-degree murder, criminal vehicular homicide for gross negligence, and criminal vehicular homicide for leaving the scene of a deadly crash.

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The crash occurred on June 16, 2023, when Thompson fled a traffic stop at high speed and slammed into a vehicle carrying five young women who were returning from a day at a mosque. All five died at the scene. They were later identified as 17-year-old Sabiriin Mahamoud Ali, 19-year-old Siham Ada Odhowa, 20-year-old Sahra Liban Gesaade, 20-year-old Sagal Burhaan Hersi, and 20-year-old Salma Mohamed Abdikadir.