The Bergen County man accused of killing three in a drunken wrong-way crash on Interstate 80 last year has been offered a plea deal for 21 years behind bars as he continues to appeal his pre-trial detention, Morris County officials said.

Miguel Botero, 28, of Dumont, was offered the deal in exchange for pleading guilty to three counts of death by auto, a spokeswoman for the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office said.

Under the deal, he’d serve three, seven-year sentences consecutively and his term would be subject to the No Early Release Act, which means he’d have to serve 85 percent of his sentence before he’s eligible for parole.

He currently faces three charges of vehicular homicide.

Botero’s lawyer Brian Neary said his client had not yet made a decision on the plea deal, and still needed to review all the case documents.

Botero is accused of killing Julia Rae Wells, 20, of Mine Hill; Ronald Francois, 28, of Newark; and Jalen Davis, 20, of Stanhope in an October 2019 crash on I-80 in Parsippany. His blood alcohol limit was nearly three times the legal limit, officials have said.

“We want justice for Jalen and although there is no amount of jail time that will ever bring Jalen back, we have full confidence that the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office will hold Botero fully accountable under the law,” Scott Leonard, a lawyer representing Davis’ family, said in a statement.

Botero is currently jailed at the Morris County Correctional facility as the charges against him are pending, but has appealed against his pre-trial detention. A decision on his detention is expected to come from the appellate court in the next few weeks, Neary said.

Prosecutors successfully argued for Botero’s detention, citing his "alarming motor vehicle record” and blood alcohol limit. Neary said Botero’s own injuries, including an internal decapitation and months spent in a coma, required medical care greater than what the jail could provide.

Boetro’s next hearing is scheduled for March 16.

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