Victor Z. Kolako, a former Metrobus driver who killed two pedestrians last February after making an illegal left turn, pleaded guilty last week to two felony counts of negligent homicide, The Washington Post reported.
In return for Kolako's guilty pleas, the U.S. attorney's office agreed not to prosecute him for manslaughter, which is punishable by up to 30 years on each count, according to the Post.
The Post reported that Kolako was driving Metrobus 2129 near the Federal Trade Commission building when he turned left onto Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., failing to yield to oncoming southbound traffic and not noticing two pedestrians crossing the street. The pedestrians, Martha Stringer Schoenborn, 59, and Sally Dean McGhee, 54, of Alexandria, Va., were pulled under the bus, according to authorities.
Kolako faces five years in prison for each felony count of negligent homicide and is scheduled for sentencing Dec. 5, according to the Post.
-PATRICIO CHILE
