28
Jan

California DUI driver found guilty of murder

   Posted by: duinick   in California DUI News

A jury deliberated about 2 hours before finding a man guilty of a February 2009 DUI fatality that injured one woman and killed her husband and infant child.

38-year-old Salvador Leon allegedly left a bar in the Earlimart area of California and entered the highway in the wrong direction, heading northbound in a southbound lane. According to reports, Leon did not become alerted when drivers attempted to flash their lights and honk at him. He eventually crashed head on with the young family while traveling about 50 mph.

The crash seriously injured a 22-year-old woman, killed her 23-year-old husband and her 7-month-old baby. Leon was found guilty or two counts of second degree murder, two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and two counts of DUI causing great bodily injury. He will be sentenced for these crimes on March 11.

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