OLNEY, Md, (WUSA) -- They walked in silence through the tall grass of a park in Olney to reach a spot that conjures the saddest of memories.
It was exactly one year ago that 20-year-old Kevin Coffay was driving drunk on a winding section of Route 108, lost control of his car and slammed into the woods, killing three of his passengers: 18 year-old Haeley McGuire, 18 year-old Spenser Datt, and 20 year-old Johnny Hoover.
On Tuesday, with heavy hearts under their matching bright green shirts, friends and family members held a candlelight vigil, and laid a wreath at the tree where their loved ones' lives came to an end.
Kevin Coffay initially received 20 years in prison, but a judge recently reduced the sentence to eight, and it's possible he could be a free man again sometime next year.