Thu, Jan 11th, 2024 - 8:58am
October 06, 2022 - 9:50am | By Kyle Cornell
(Polk County, MN) -- A man charged in connection with a deadly 2021 Polk County crash is pleading guilty.
Valentin Mendoza pleaded guilty this week to two counts of third-degree murder after a crash that killed two teens on Highway 220.
Court records show Mendoza was going 75 miles per hour in a 45 zone when he crossed the center line and hit the teens head on. The teens died days after the crash from their injuries.
Mendoza will be sentenced December 14th.
