NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) – The trial of a person accused of killing three Moore Excessive College athletes in 2023 throughout a crash continued on Monday with the jury listening to from a number of emotional key witnesses.
Max Townsend returned to a Cleveland County courtroom on day 4 of his trial.
He’s going through three counts of second diploma homicide following the deaths of Kolby Crum, Rachel Freeman and Yuridia Martinez, who had been all on the cross nation staff at Moore Excessive College.
Senior Rachel Freeman,17, died on scene.
Sophomore Yuridia Martinez,16, was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgical procedure, however died 12 hours later.
Senior Kolby Crum, 18, fought for 12 days within the hospital, however ultimately succumbed to his accidents.
4 different runners had been injured as effectively when Townsend allegedly bumped into them along with his truck whereas going 77 miles-per-hour on February 3rd, 2023.
Throughout day 4 of testimony on Monday, a teammate of the runners took the stand.
Whereas preventing again tears, she instructed the jury she ran as much as Freeman and Crum moments after the crash, trying to offer Freeman CPR.
The jury additionally heard from Officer Justin Sternberg with Moore PD. He was one of many first officers on scene that day.
The courtroom watched his sprint digicam and physique digicam footage, which confirmed Freeman and Crum mendacity on the street.
Sternberg was emotional whereas he testified that he tried to render support for Rachel, but it surely was too late. He needed to take a second to pause throughout his testimony, preventing again tears.
After the lunch break, a former Moore Excessive College scholar testified that he was driving along with his good friend within the space when he noticed Townsend velocity by him, forcing the previous scholar to drag right into a driveway, virtually hitting a house within the space. He mentioned he additionally noticed Townsend hit two different automobiles earlier than coming to a cease.
The witness instructed the courtroom he then bought out of his automobile, ran to Townsend’s truck, took his keys after which his good friend threw them on the bottom.
He testified that Townsend was sobbing and speaking about his son who had handed away the day earlier than.
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Prosecutors declare Townsend was beneath the affect on the time of the crash, with THC and alcohol in his system.
Nonetheless, the protection argues that Townsend was ingesting a Purple Bull, choked and that left him unconscious when he crashed.
Testimony continues Tuesday at 9 a.m.
