Background: News footage of the fatal 2022 car crash (KSAZ). Insets (left, from top to bottom): Abriauna Hoffman (GoFundMe), Hunter Balberdi (GoFundMe), Magdelyn “Maggie” Ogden (GoFundMe). Inset (right): Vincent Acosta (Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office).
An individual from Arizona who drove in the wrong direction on a major highway and caused a collision with a vehicle transporting three teenagers has been sent to prison following a plea of guilty to second-degree murder.
During the early hours of Oct. 10, 2022, Vincent Acosta, aged 27, was driving south in the northbound lane of Interstate 17 when he crashed into several vehicles, one of which was carrying Abriauna Hoffman, 18, Magdalyn “Maggie” Ogden, 18, and Hunter Balberdi, 19. These three freshmen students from Grand Canyon University shared a suite on campus and were en route to the Grand Canyon to witness the sunrise. Ogden had recently celebrated her birthday.
