Man jailed for killing students in jet ski crash
A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in jail for aggravated manslaughter for crashing his jet ski into a boat in Copenhagen, killing two American students.
The Copenhagen City Court said the Danish man, who cannot be named under a court order pending a possible appeal by the prosecution, fled after the fatal crash on 6 May, 2016, to a suburban harbour where he was arrested.
He has admitted steering the jet ski that slammed into a rental boat containing a group of students.
Leah Bell, 18, and Linsey Malia, 21, were killed.
They had gone on the trip with five other students from the Copenhagen-based Study Abroad in Scandinavia foundation.
The man had denied aggravated manslaughter and told the court he lost control of the jet ski.