A 32-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges in connection with a fatal 2021 crash that happened on Christmas Day, court records show. 

Otis Charles Barron Jr. was arrested in connection with the crash that killed a woman and hospitalized two others. Court records show on Nov. 18, he pleaded guilty to charges of intoxicated manslaughter and intoxicated assault with a vehicle causing bodily injury.

As previously reported, officers with the Edinburg Police Department responded to the 400 block of East Trenton Road at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 25, 2021 in reference to a hit-and-run.

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Officials said a Nissan pick-up truck, driven by Barron Jr., was traveling on the westbound lanes when it crossed into the eastbound lanes and collided with a Nissan Sentra occupied by three people.

The driver of the Nissan Sentra, identified as 65-year-old Sylvia Martinez De Garza of Edinburg, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Two passengers were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. 

Police say Barron Jr. initially fled the scene, but was later found and taken into custody.

Records show Barron was sentenced to 20 years in prison for each charge, which will be served concurrently. Barron is receiving 1,058 days of jail credit as part of his plea deal.