Family of the crash victim of Zaon Collins awarded 15 million US dollars in civil lawsuit

Las Vegas (KTNV) -The family of a man who was killed in a dui crash with a former local basketball basketball receives damages of $ 15 million.

Zaon Collins found a jury in the death of Eric Echevarria. Collins guilty of manslaughter and ruthless driving in a wreck 2020 in Fort Apache and oven Gulch near the Blue Diamond Road.

Collins was on the right track to adapt to the UNLV after completing the Bishop Gorman.

The investigators say that Collins went over 80 miles per hour in a zone of 35 miles per hour while he was high on marijuana.

According to public records, Collins had at least four further traffic cases against him before this fatal crash in 2020: two for at least 20 miles per hour about the speed limit, one that was not made aware of while driving, and one to go wrong on a disposable road.

A little more than a week after the crash, TJ Otzelberger, basketball coach of UNLV, said to Channel 13 that Collins would not play for UNLV.

After additional tests after the crash, the district prosecutor later said positively to 3.0 nanograms per milliliter THC in his blood. Everything above 2.0 is considered impaired in the Nevada law.

In June 2023, Collins guilty of manslaughter and reckless accusations.

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As part of a plea contract, Collins made 90 days in prison in the Detention Center of Clark County and was occupied for the homicide fee of $ 1,000 and three years of probation and a fine of $ 3,500 due to the ruthless driving fee. His probation also included the completion of 100 hours of community service.