SEATTLE — A 22-year-old Kent man has pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide charges in connection with a fatal single-car crash that killed four of his passengers.
The Seattle Times reports that Jesse Tenorio pleaded not guilty in King County Superior Court Monday.
Prosecutors say Tenorio crashed his pickup truck twice on Oct. 7 before later slamming into a bridge abutment in Tukwila.
In that final crash, Tenorio was thrown from the truck and survived. Four of the passengers were killed, including 22-year-old Anthony Gonzalez-Perez, 22-year-old Myron Sign, 18-year-old Juan R. Carrasco-Rodriguez and 21-year-old Luis Desantiago-Perez.
Tenorio posted $250,000 bail on Oct. 11 but was booked back into the Kent Municipal Jail. Authorities allege he violated conditions of his suspended sentence for an earlier DUI arrest in October 2017.
