Man sentenced to prison for crash killing two children

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BREAKING NEWS. THIS AFTERNOON. I’M BRITTANY DECKER AND I’M JARVIS ROBERTSON, THE MAN AT THE CENTER OF A DEADLY TEXTING AND DRIVING WRECK AGREES TO A GUILTY PLEA. NOW, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS FILED TODAY, CHRISTOPHER ANAGNOS HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO A LESSER CHARGE OF RECKLESS MANSLAUGHTER. HE’S BEEN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON. AUTHORITIES SAY IN 2020, ANAGNOS WAS SENDING A TEXT WHEN HE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE IN HOOVER. NOW THAT WRECK KILLED TWO CHILDREN, IM RAI AND SARAH. PRUDE AND AGNOS HAD BEEN FACING TWO COUNTS OF RECKLESS MURDER

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Man sentenced to prison for crash killing two children

A man was sentenced to prison after a crash killed two children in Hoover in 2020.Court records show Christopher Anagnos of Columbiana entered a guilty plea Oct. 28 to a reduced charge from reckless murder to reckless manslaughter.The court sentenced Anagnos to 25 years in prison.Investigators said Anagnos was sending a text on a phone, when the large truck he was driving slammed into the rear of a car.A mother and three children were inside that car.Eight-year-old Serris Prude and eleven-year-old Emrhye Prude died in that crash.>>Related story: 'Text cost me two kids': Hoover father begs drivers to put phones down

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —

A man was sentenced to prison after a crash killed two children in Hoover in 2020.

Court records show Christopher Anagnos of Columbiana entered a guilty plea Oct. 28 to a reduced charge from reckless murder to reckless manslaughter.

The court sentenced Anagnos to 25 years in prison.

Investigators said Anagnos was sending a text on a phone, when the large truck he was driving slammed into the rear of a car.

A mother and three children were inside that car.

Eight-year-old Serris Prude and eleven-year-old Emrhye Prude died in that crash.

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