PHOENIX — The wrong-way driver who hit and killed three Grand Canyon University students in October 2022 was sentenced to 22 years in prison, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
Vincent Ian Acosta, 27, pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree murder.
Impairment was involved in the multivehicle crash, as investigation determined Acosta’s blood alcohol content level to be above the legal limit of 0.08%.
What were the details of the wrong-way driver crash?
Early on Oct. 6, 2022, Acosta struck a car carrying three female GCU students on the Interstate 17 near Table Mesa Road…