An unlicensed driver who tried to evade police during a high-speed pursuit and crashed into a family’s car in Mountain View, killing two young boys in the other vehicle, has pleaded guilty to charges that include two counts of murder.

Angel Velasquez Salgado , 21, is expected to be sentenced to 30 years to life in state prison later this year for the Dec. 8, 2023, crash on an I-805 off-ramp that killed brothers Malikai, 8, and Mason Orozco-Romero, 4.

The boys were riding in the backseat of a sedan that was rear-ended, propelled down an embankment and into a tree, where it caught fire.

Two women in the victims’ vehicle, including the boys’ mother, were injured, but survived the crash.

On Tuesday, as Salgado was set to go to trial in the case, he pleaded guilty to the murder counts , plu

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