A man who pleaded no contest to murder and DUI charges was sentenced Thursday to 30 years to life in state prison for a crash in Pomona last year that killed three women returning from a baby shower and injured two other people, including a 12-year-old girl.

Victor Siharath, 37, of Pomona, pleaded no contest Sept. 3 to three counts of second-degree murder and one count of DUI causing injury in connection with the March 2, 2024, crash that killed Lorena Morales Peru, 58, of Montclair, and Alejandra Olaez and Yesenia Ochoa, both 33 and from Pomona, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Morales Peru’s husband and Olaez’s 12-year-old daughter, who were among the five people in the car that was struck, were injured, then-District Attorney George Gascón said last yea

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