ALLENDALE, Mich. – A West Michigan teen has pleaded guilty to charges connected to a May rollover crash that killed two Wyoming Park High School students dead.
Shane Harlan, 18, hosted the Allendale Township party at which other party-goers said six Wyoming Park High School students were drinking on the night of May 19. They left after being startled when security showed up at the party.
Then, in the early morning hours of May 20, the car rolled over on an I-96 off-ramp.
17-year-old Timony See and 15 year old Krysta Howell were killed in the accident. Three other students were injured.
"You can't change what happened. It sucks. I'd do anything to change it. I'd do anything. Anything. I would do anything to change it," Harlan told WOOD-TV at the time of the crash.
The Ottawa County Prosecutor charged Harlan with allowing minors to consume drugs and alcohol while on his premises.
He pleaded guilty Wednesday to the misdemeanor charge, which carries a punishment of up to 30 days in jail.
His sentencing is set for July 12.
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Harlan had only recently moved into Copper Beech Townhomes, where the party took place.
"I wanted people to see my house," he said. "Things went downhill and it all went wrong."
The Ottawa County Prosecutor's Office said though it has determined there were minors drinking at the party, "a thorough investigation was unable to establish whether the underage persons were furnished with the alcohol within Ottawa County."
Harlan said he's already seen the most severe of the punishment: Two friends gone. He said all he does is "think, think, think" about what happened to his friends.
"If I have to sit by myself a little bit and think about it a little more for what happened, then that's all it is, 'cause that's all I do anyway is think about it," he said. "That's all I can do. At work, at home, anywhere. That's all I can do is think about it, man."
"I'm really sorry. I just want them back," said Harlan.
Harlan said he hopes something good comes out of all this. He said he wants guardrails to be put in on that dangerous, sharp curve from I-196 to Chicago Drive.
17-year-old Takunda Mavima was driving the car when it crashed. He now faces eight felony charges.