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Diontre Tigner sentenced for 2016 crash
Diontre Tigner was given a life sentence on Monday for a crash that killed an Atlanta woman and her 2 grandchildren who were on their way to church.
ATLANTA - The man convicted of killing a grandmother and her two grandchildren while on their way to church in 2016 was sentenced to life in prison by a Fulton County judge on Monday.
Diontre Tigner, who was 16 years old at the time, stole a vehicle and hit the family while fleeing from College Park police on Jan. 31, 2016.
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The crash killed 75-year-old Dorothy Wright and her grandchildren, 12-year-old Camron Costner and 6-year-old Layla Partridge.
Tigner, who fled the scene after the crash, wasn't arrested until 2021.
He was convicted last Thursday of felony murder and other charges.