Driver in fatal Broomfield drunk driving crash sentenced to 24 years in prison

Criminal complaint against 38-year-old man A Broomfield woman and her son were killed in a drunk driving crash. He was sentenced to 24 years in prison, according to the 17th District Attorney’s Office.

Jose Menjivar pleads guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide The deaths of 46-year-old Melissa Powell and her 16-year-old son Riordan Powell on September 19.

Menjivar was traveling an estimated 80 to 100 mph in a 40 mph zonewhen he struck Melissa Powell’s SUV in the area of ​​Main Street and Miramonte Avenue near Broomfield High School. Riordan Powell was a junior at the school.

Menjivar was convicted of at least five DUIs dating back to 2007 and was sentenced to a year in a prison work release program four days before the crash. According to the prosecutor’s office. At the time of the accident, the program was waiting for a bed to open.