Yavapai County, Arizona — A jury in Arizona has found a 44-year-old man guilty of killing two children after driving a disabled person on U.S. Highway 93 and crashing into a family van. was dropped.

Jonathan Eugene Floyd was convicted last week in the Yavapai County Superior Court of second-degree murder, aggravated assault and endangerment in a car crash that occurred on October 3, 2020.

According to the Yavapai County Attorney’s Office, Mr Floyd was heading south on the freeway when his car veered into the opposite lane.

The van, with five children as passengers, swerved to avoid a collision, but was struck by Floyd’s car. Two of her children died instantly and other members of the family were injured.

Floyd’s car also hit a commercial vehicle before hitting the family’s van.

Arizona Department of Public Safety responded to the scene and took Floyd into custody.

Blood tests showed Floyd was under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time of the crash, prosecutors say.

The defendant was out on parole at the time of the accident and faces a sentence of 16 to 48 years in prison for two murder charges handed down on December 5.

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