GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A motorist accused of driving more than 100 mph, causing a crash on Lombardi Avenue which killed three people, will go on trial June 6.
Abdi Ahmed, 23, faces three counts of first-degree reckless homicide for the June 28, 2020, Lombardi Avenue crash which killed Jessie Saldana, Sonia Gonzalez-Guillen, and Sonia Gonzalez. He has pleaded not guilty.
The trial was scheduled at a hearing Tuesday.
According to the criminal complaint, Ahmed was driving 104 miles per hour (in a 35mph zone) 1.2 seconds before the airbag deployed in his Dodge Charger. Data from the airbag computer module also shows the brake was engaged only 1.1 seconds before the airbag went off. The data shows the car was traveling 84 mph the tenth of a second before the airbag deployed.
Last week, the judge ruled the defense will be able to introduce evidence that Saldana had marijuana in his system, perhaps impairing his ability to operate the vehicle, contributing to the crash. Prosecutors had opposed the request, noting a defendant is not immune from criminal liability even if the victim has been negligent.
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