The man accused in a deadly hit-and-run near the University of Arizona campus, Louis John Artal, appeared in court Friday.
The October collision took the life of three UA students, Josiah Patrick Santos, Sophia Akimi Troetel and Katya Rosaura Castillo-Mendoza.
The students were crossing a marked crosswalk at Euclid Avenue and 2nd Street when Artal ran into them with his Porsche and fled the scene. The installation of a High-Instensity Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) at the intersection is currently underway, and is expected to be completed by early May.
Artal, also a UA student, is charged with three counts of manslaughter and one count of leaving the scene of a deadly injury accident.
Artal’s three-week trial is set to start on November 3. His next court appearance will be on April 17.
