Derek Thompson has been sentenced to 59 years in prison for the 2023 crash that left five young women dead in Minneapolis.

Several Minnesota families will finally see justice served on Thursday morning after five young women who were preparing for ...

Derrick Thompson on Thursday was sentenced to more than 58 years in prison for a 2023 crash that killed five women in south ...

Jurors in June convicted Thompson, the 29-year-old son of a former St. Paul state representative, of the third-degree murder ...

Derrick Thompson, the son of a former Minnesota lawmaker, was sentenced for the crash that killed five women in south ...

Thompson will likely spend about 37 years in prison after being given a 58-year sentence by a Hennepin County judge.

Guilty verdict in Derrick Thompson trial brings mixed emotions 02:08. A jury found Derrick Thompson guilty of killing five young women in a high-speed south Minneapolis crash in June of 2023.

The five were inseparable and were out together Friday night preparing for a friend's wedding slated for Saturday. The driver who struck their vehicle has a history of hit-and-runs.

Derrick Thompson on Thursday was sentenced to more than 58 years in prison for a 2023 crash that killed five women in south ...

"Please tell them it is not me," Derrick Thompson said in a body camera video from a Minneapolis police officer. "I'm 6'5'', it's not hard for me to be missed. My hair is not blonde. My hair is red.