A 28-year-old Parker woman pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of vehicular homicide while intoxicated in the deaths of a couple married for 35 years and killed when she drove into oncoming traffic and collided with two motorcycles.
Athina Munoz, 28, was driving a 1997 Honda Accord southbound on Colorado 83 south of Franktown on the afternoon of Feb. 27 when she veered into oncoming traffic and hit two northbound motorcycles.
Brian Lehner, 58, and his wife, Jacquie Lehner, 56, of Parker were on a 2014 Harley Davidson when they were hit and died at the scene. Munoz also hit Joseph Bartoletti, 29, of Colorado Springs, who was riding a 2016 Harley. He suffered minor injuries.
According to the arrest affidavit, Munoz admitted to drinking two glasses of wine and smoking marijuana on the day of the crash, and she failed field tests to see if she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Authorities say Munoz was checking a text message just before the wreck and that when she looked up “she was on the wrong side of the road and hit a motorcycle,” the affidavit said.
Munoz pleaded guilty in Douglas County District Court to two counts of vehicular homicide-DUI, a Class 3 felony. Each charge carries a sentence of up to 12 years in prison, but prison time is not mandatory in the case under the charges.
A judge could sentence Munoz to probation with no additional jail or prison time.
***(SERIOUSLY??? Just what the fuck)***
There was no agreed-upon sentence with Munoz’s plea. The judge will decide during the sentencing hearing on Jan. 20, 2017, at 1:30 p.m.