Driver gets 2 years for crash that killed brother

Murder charge dropped, 17- year- old pleaded guilty to other charges.

A Cobb County 17- year- old was sentenced to two years in prison for stealing a car and causing a head- on crash that killed his older brother, court records show.

De Qua rio Ti yo ne Lo vet twas 16 at the time of the July 2019 crash on Mableton Parkway near Hunn icut Road, according to Cobb police.

Investigators in the Austell area spotted ablack 2014Nissan Altima that had been reported stolen, and officers briefly chased the vehicle. Police said Lovett was driving the Altima south on Mableton Parkway when their pursuit ended.

Lovett then drove into the northbound lane in an attempt to pass another vehicle, according to police. That’s when the Nissan crashed head- on into a gray Lexus RX 350 that was north bound.

Another car, a black 2013 Infiniti M37, also collided with the Nissan, police said.

The crash killed Lo vet t’ s brother and front- seat passenger DeAngelo Lovett, whowas 17. The drivers of the other two vehicles were not seriously injured, according to police.

DeQuario Lovett was arrested and initially booked into a youth detention center, according to police. But he was charged as an adult.

In December, a grand jury indicted Lovett onone count each of felony murder, theft by taking and driving without a license, and two counts of homicide by vehicle in the first degree, according to the district attorney’s office.

As part of a plea deal Wednesday, the murder charge against Lovett was dropped, court records show. He pleaded guilty to the other charges.

A Nov .10 hearing was scheduled to determine the amount of restitution Lovett must pay victims of the crash, court records show.

COURTESY DeAngelo Lovettwas killed in a July 2019 crash in Cobb County. His brother, DeQuario Tiyone Lovett, was driving.