A person who drove below the affect and crashed right into a car stopped on the aspect of Interstate 805 in Mountain View, killing that car’s driver, was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in state jail.
Markus Eugene Turner, 27, pleaded responsible to gross vehicular manslaughter whereas intoxicated and different fees for the May 3 crash that killed 65-year-old Temecula resident Grasiela Gomez.
Prosecutors say Gomez’s automotive was having mechanical points that morning, forcing her to tug over onto the shoulder.
Turner, who had smoked marijuana and had a blood alcohol content material of round 0.16 p.c — twice the authorized driving restrict in California — was rushing as much as 100 mph and weaving between automobiles simply earlier than crashing into Gomez’s car, Deputy District Attorney Melanie Guillen stated.
Gomez died on the scene of the wreck. The California Highway Patrol stated Turner’s automotive then struck two different automobiles, inflicting a sequence response crash that injured a number of folks.
Turner’s protection legal professional, Sammer Zakhour, requested for a sentence of 5 years due partly to his consumer’s regret and early pleas within the case to all fees filed towards him.
The legal professional stated the case was “absolutely a tragedy” and that Turner “owned the mistake that he made” and is “as sorry as can be for what happened.”
Turner additionally apologized to Gomez’s household throughout the sentencing listening to.
“I know she was loved beyond measure,” he instructed Gomez’s members of the family in attendance. “I am truly sorry that her life was caught short and for the pain that my actions have caused your family.”
–City News Service