Ogden, 18, Elaine Hunter Balberdi, 19, were on their way to see the sunrise at the Grand Canyon when they were killed in 2022

An Arizona man who drove the wrong way on a major highway and struck a car carrying three teenagers was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.

A 27-year-old driver was sentenced to 22 years in prison after killing three college students on their way to the Grand Canyon in a wrong-way crash. The crash occurred near New River, Arizona, in October 2022,

A 27-year-old is headed to prison years after officials said he killed three college students in a wrong-way crash in Arizona. Vincent Ian Acosta was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Jan. 17, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said in a news release. He pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree murder, officials said.