Crime & Safety
Driver In Crash That Killed 2 Students Convicted, Sentencing Delayed
Usman Shahid has been convicted on two counts of manslaughter in connection with a 2022 crash that killed two Oakton High School students.
Michael O'Connell, Patch Staff
Posted Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 11:14 am ET | Updated Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 12:47 pm ET
FAIRFAX, VA — The sentencing hearing in the manslaughter case of two Oakton High School students killed in a June 7, 2022, crash abruptly stopped Thursday morning after a member of the courtroom audience collapsed during the testimony of one of the victim’s mothers.
A jury convicted Usman Shahid on two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal crash that took the lives of Ada Gabriela Martinez Nolasco and Leeann Yan.
A Patch reporter was in the courtroom for the hearing Thursday, with prosecutor Jenna Sands calling on family members of the two victims to testify.
During testimony by Martinez Nolasco’s mother, a woman in the courtroom audience collapsed and was taken out of the courtroom by other attendees.
After a recess, Circuit Court Judge Randy Bellows met with the prosecutor and defense team, and sent the jury to lunch until 1 p.m.
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