NY man pleads guilty in stolen car crash that killed 5

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A 25-year-old Long Island man has pleaded guilty to charges linked to a stolen car crash that resulted in five deaths.

Suffolk County prosecutors on Wednesday say Jamel Turner, of Bellport, pleaded guilty to charges including aggravated vehicular homicide, assault and driving while ability impaired by drugs. He faces up to 27 years in prison at his May 7 sentencing.

Prosecutors say Turner was high on marijuana and speeding before the chain-reaction crash in February last year in the hamlet of Ridge that involved the stolen car, an oil truck and two other vehicles.

One car caught fire, killing four people inside. And a 19-year-old passenger in the stolen car was ejected and killed.

Turner’s lawyer had called the crash a “horrible accident.”