FULLERTON, Calif.—A 55-year-old Anaheim man was sentenced Sept. 9 to 15 years to life in prison for an alcohol-fueled collision that killed a 6-year-old girl in Fullerton.
Maximino Delgado Lagunas was convicted June 22 of second-degree murder.
Normally, prosecutors would file voluntary manslaughter charges against a defendant in a fatal drunk driving collision, but when the suspect has been previously convicted of a DUI, they can have charges upgraded to second-degree murder. Lagunas was convicted of drunk driving on Dec. 11, 2015, in Buena Park.
Lagunas was convicted in the Feb. 17, 2018, collision at 1406 Lombard Street that killed 6-year-old Grace Aguilar.
Grace was playing on the sidewalk when Lagunas struck her with his 1990 Toyota 4Runner at about 2:15 p.m., police said….