CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. - A Cherokee County teenager has been sentenced to 20 years, with the first 12 months to serve in prison, after pleading guilty to a January crash that killed two people and seriously injured two others.

What we know:

Oliver Luis Roman, 19, of Powder Springs, entered a non-negotiated guilty plea to two counts of first-degree homicide by vehicle, three counts of serious injury by vehicle, and one count of reckless driving.

The backstory:

The single-vehicle crash happened around 8:15 p.m. on Jan. 9 along Towne Lake Parkway near Towne Lake Hills East.

The crash killed Esteban Cortez-Rendon, 18, of Woodstock, and Gabriel Escandon, 17, of Marietta. Christopher Martins Peixoto, 17, of Marietta, and Alejandro Trejo, 18, visiting from Oklahoma, were seriously injure

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