Background: News coverage of the March 19, 2024 crash near Renton, Wash. (KOMO). Inset: Footage of Chase Daniel Jones’ court appearance via video from his hospital bed after the crash (KOMO).

A Washington teenager involved in a collision that resulted in the deaths of four van passengers, including a mother and children, has pleaded guilty to felony charges such as vehicular homicide this week.

Originally, Chase Daniel Jones, 19, entered a not guilty plea to the charges during his court appearance via video from his hospital bed, where he was recuperating from injuries sustained in the March 19, 2024, accident.

The violent collision killed the driver of the van, Andrea Hudson, 38, and her young passengers, Boyd “Buster” Brown, 12, Matilda Wilcoxson, 13, and Eloise Wilcoxson, 12. Hudson’s two children, Nolan and Charlotte Hudson, were also in the van and sustained serious injuries.

In a blog post from the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office on April 4, it was announced that Jones had changed his plea and accepted a guilty plea to all felony charges against him.