Two teenage boys have admitted to killing a Pasadena City College professor during a Fourth of July street racing incident in San Marino during which one of the boys’ cars struck the man while he was jogging, officials said Thursday.

Both boys, who were 17 years old at the time of the incident, admitted to charges of felony, vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence in juvenile court on Dec. 20, said Ricardo Santiago, spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

The court allowed the teens to return home, but they were ordered, separately, to probation terms of 60 days and 30 days.

In that span, the pair must attend a work service program and a hospital morgue program, officials said. The boys cannot drive, will have a curfew and must write a letter of apology. The court also granted probation officers the right to search and seize the boys’ property if necessary.

The boys initially denied the killing and had previously faced the possibility of up to 11 years at a juvenile facility. Officials withheld their identities because they are minors.

Martha Franco, center, long-time girlfriend of Gabriel Crispo, a Pasadena City College professor who was killed on July 4 in a traffic collision in San Marino, is consoled by her sister, Nubia, right, and Kyrsten Johnson during a vigil for Crispo on Friday, July 5, 2019. Crispo was along Huntington Drive when a he was killed from a collision stemming from a street race. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

A vigil was held for Gabriel Crispo, a Pasadena City College professor who was killed on July 4 in a traffic collision in San Marino, on Friday, July 5, 2019. Crispo was along Huntington Drive when a he was killed from a collision stemming from a street race. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

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Tire marks cut through a traffic island along Huntington Drive where Gabriel Crispo, a Pasadena City College professor who was killed on July 4 in a traffic collision, seen here on Friday, July 5, 2019. Crispo was along Huntington Drive when a he was killed from a collision stemming from a street race. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)



On the morning of July 4, 2019, Gabriel Crispo, 49, of San Gabriel, was jogging with his girlfriend, Martha Franco, and their dog, Nino in the grassy median on Huntington Drive near Kenilworth Avenue, according to relatives of Franco. Franco was running a few blocks behind and heard the collision.

The boys, who were friends, raced in separate cars — a blue Toyota and a Mercedes — along Huntington Drive, San Marino police said. There was also one other friend riding in the Mercedes.

During the race, the Mercedes made a lane change near Kenilworth Avenue. As the Mercedes changed lanes, it hit the front of the Toyota, causing the Mercedes to lose control and veer into the median, hitting Crispo and his dog, police said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

The boys did not render aid to Crispo, but remained at the scene. Officers arrested the driver of the Mercedes and Toyota following the incident.

Investigators obtained video of the collision from a nearby business.

At a vigil following Crispo’s death, he was described him as a giving and enthusiastic man, loved by many.

Crispo was an adjunct professor at Pasadena Community College who taught in the English as a Second Language department for 18 years.