Man Gets More Than 40 Years In Crash That Killed 3

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A Bloomington man has been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison for a crash that killed a mother and her two sons last December.

Prosecutors say 29-year-old Rufus Victor was fleeing from a state trooper and smashed into a car driven by 29-year-old Amanda Thomas. The woman, her 12-year-old son Andre and 3-month-old Akeron were killed.

Victor pleaded guilty last month in Hennepin County to fleeing police in a motor vehicle causing death.

The judge on Friday sentenced Victor to consecutive sentences in the three deaths. Prosecutors had asked for 45 years in prison but were satisfied with the sentence.

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