Vancouver teen sentenced in hit-run crash that injured a man and his 3 children
May 14-Cristian Reyes Freitez must serve two months in juvenile detention, 60 hours of community service, 12 months of probation
A Vancouver teen was sentenced Monday to about two months in juvenile detention for an east Vancouver hit-and-run that left a father in a medically induced coma and injured his three children.
In addition to 60 days in detention, a court commissioner ordered that Cristian Reyes Freitez, 17, serve 60 hours of community service and 12 months of probation. He pleaded guilty to vehicular assault and hit-and-run in Clark County Juvenile Court for crashing into a family in a crosswalk.
In his statement to the court, Reyes acknowledged his failure to properly respond after the crash.
Court filings show letters of support for Reyes from his pastor and members of his church, his family, staff and students at his school, and members of Latino Leadership NW, NAACP of Vancouver and League of United Latin American Citizens.
The letters described Reyes as a responsible, hardworking and family-oriented teen who made a serious mistake.
Reyes was driving his grandmother's 2008 Nissan Versa shortly after 3 p.m. Nov. 21 when he turned left onto Southeast 136th Avenue from Seventh Street. Kyle Eck, 30, and his three children - ages 10, 7 and 6 - were walking across 136th Avenue in a crosswalk when the vehicle struck all four pedestrians, according to court records.
Court documents say Eck suffered a brain bleed and was placed in a medically induced coma. The children suffered bruising, cuts and road rash. All four victims were taken to a local hospital via ambulance.
According to the family's GoFundMe, the children were released from the hospital shortly after. Eck was discharged a few months later and has been recovering since.
The incident was captured on Wy'east Middle School's security cameras as Reyes sped away from the scene. Vancouver police noted Reyes was driving without a license.
Reyes, with several family members, turned himself in at the police department's east precinct shortly after midnight Nov. 22. Court records say he was driving home from work at the time of the crash and waited six to seven hours before telling his mother what had occurred.
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