A Florida man who New Mexico authorities say drove recklessly before causing a pile-up that killed four people has been sentenced.
The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico announced Thursday that 50-year-old Alexis Riego, of Merritt Island, Florida, received a sentence of five years and 10 months for the 2019 crash.
He will then serve three years of supervised release.
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A Florida man has been sentenced in a New Mexico pile-up that killed four people in 2019. The man will spend five years and 10 months in prison. (Fox News)
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A federal jury convicted him in September of four counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
Riego was driving a commercial vehicle on Sept. 7, 2019 when he crashed into a line of cars in a construction zone on Interstate 40 near the Laguna Pueblo, according to court documents. The crash caused a six-car pile-up. Besides the four fatalities, two others were injured.
Prosecutors say Riego was speeding and using his cellphone. They say Riego was video chatting at the time.
