BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man who pleaded no contest to all charges in connection with an alleged drunken driving crash that injured several people — including a child — was sentenced to five years in prison.
Deonicio Gallegos-Ramirez, 35, was sentenced Wednesday, a month after he made an “open plea” in the hope of receiving less time than prosecutors sought.
The plea was made over the objection of prosecutors and accepted by Judge Gloria Cannon.
Around 7 a.m. on Nov. 2, Gallegos-Ramirez was driving a Mazda Miata south on Fruitvale Avenue when he entered the intersection with Hageman Road on a red light, according to police.
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The Mazda hit an eastbound Mitsubishi Outlander.
Two adults and a child in the Mitsubishi were injured, police said, as was Gallegos-Ramirez.
He pleaded no contest to felony charges of DUI causing injury and reckless driving, a misdemeanor charge of driving on a license suspended or revoked for DUI and two traffic infractions: failure to stop at a red light and no proof of insurance.
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