WESTMINSTER, Calif.—A 40-year-old man pleaded guilty April 10 and was sentenced to nine years in prison for an alcohol-fueled, hit-and-run crash that killed a man and injured another victim in Garden Grove.
Mario Miguel Hernandez-Lopez of Garden Grove admitted one count each of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury, and hit-and-run with permanent and serious injury, all felonies, as well as two misdemeanor counts of hit-and-run with property damage.
The defendant also admitted a sentencing enhancement allegation of fleeing the scene of a vehicular manslaughter. Hernandez-Lopez accepted a plea deal from Orange County Superior Court Judge Craig Robison, who gave the defendant credit for 1,406 days behind bars….