(BCN) — A U.S. Navy serviceman was sentenced to 6 years in state prison on Monday for a deadly DUI crash in Monterey last May, according to district attorneys.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer Christopher Witherspoon, 25, eliminated Seaside homeowner Luis Hernandez, 69, in an accident on state Highway 1 on May 6, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office claimed in a declaration.
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Around 3:45 a.m. that day, Witherspoon was driving a Toyota Camry car on Highway 1, simply north of the interchange with Highway 68 in Monterey. At the very same time, Hernandez was driving a (*6*) Mirage portable auto on the southbound lanes.
Due to his drunkenness, Witherspoon stopped working to understand he was driving on the incorrect side of the freeway and collapsed right into Hernandez’s auto head-on, examination had actually revealed.
Hernandez, that got on his means to job, was stated dead on scene.
Witherspoon was called by policemans, that kept in mind that he scented like alcohol and showed up to be intoxicated. A chemical examination disclosed that Witherspoon had a blood alcohol focus of .191, over two times the lawful restriction, district attorneys claimed.
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