STILLWATER, Okla. — A woman charged with killing four people and injuring dozens more by driving her car into spectators at Oklahoma State University’s 2015 homecoming parade was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison after accepting a plea deal.
Adacia Chambers, 26, was sentenced in Payne County District Court after pleading no contest to four counts of second-degree murder and 39 counts of assault and battery.
Chambers was due to stand trial Tuesday and prosecutors had estimated it could have lasted a month due to the extensive list of potential witnesses, including victims, first-responders, and detectives.
Chambers was apologetic to victims of the crash.
‘‘If only I could change the past. My prayers are always with the victims,’’ Chambers said in court. ‘‘I was suffering from psychosis that day.’’
Chambers’s attorney, Tony Coleman, said his client took the plea agreement because she didn’t want to put the victims’ families through such a long trial.
Prosecutors alleged that Chambers purposely steered her car around a police barricade and sped up before she plowed into the crowd watching the parade before Oklahoma State’s game against the University of Kansas.