{"id":209939,"date":"2026-03-08T04:57:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/209939\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T04:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:57:33","slug":"driver-with-prior-duis-gets-19-years-to-life-in-deadly-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/209939\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver with prior DUIs gets 19 years to life in deadly crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Fresno County man with two previous drunk driving convictions was sentenced to 19 years to life Tuesday for driving under the influence and causing a fatal crash in the early morning hours of Jan. 11, 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article276482796.html\">Shane Lee Shahan<\/a>, 36, of Shaver Lake, was convicted of second-degree murder, hit-and-run resulting in death and driving with a suspended license. On Jan. 29, it took a Fresno County jury less than hour to return guilty verdicts on all counts.<\/p>\n<p>The day of the crash, police said Shahan was travelling at about 80 mph on westbound McKinley Avenue at approximately 3 a.m. when he ran the red light at First Street.<\/p>\n<p>As Shahan\u2019s Chevy Colorado truck entered the intersection he slammed into a northbound Hyundi Elantra. A passenger in the Elantra, 35-year-old Jesse Espino of Clovis, was ejected and later died at a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, Shahan got out of his overturned truck, walked over to the Elantra before fleeing on foot. Police caught him walking along Highway 41 where he was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Although Shahan was found with a cell phone on him, he did not call for emergency help.<\/p>\n<p>Blood tests revealed Shahan had alcohol and marijuana in his system.<\/p>\n<p>Shahan had two previous alcohol-related driving convictions in 2016 and 2017. He was still on probation for the 2017 DUI when he caused the fatal crash in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Because of that conviction, he was warned by a judge that if he continued to drive impaired and someone died as a result he could be charged with murder. The warning is known as the \u201cWatson Advisement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prosecuting the case was Senior Deputy District Attorney Steven Ueltzen.<\/p>\n<p>                                              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Shane Shaha_fitted.jpeg\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" title=\"Shane Shaha_fitted.jpeg\" alt=\"Shane Lee Shahan, 36, of Shaver Lake\"\/>                                                                                    Shane Lee Shahan, 36, of Shaver Lake                                                                                            Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office                                                                            FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF\u2019S OFFICE                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">Esta historia fue publicada originalmente el 4 de marzo de 2026, 0:07 p.\u00a0m..<\/p>\n<p>        Art\u00edculos relacionados Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218451425\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770881371_732_0.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Foto de perfil de Robert Rodriguez\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218451425\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Rodriguez<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            A Valley native, Robert has worked at The Fresno Bee since 1994, covering various topics including education, business, courts and agriculture.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Fresno County man with two previous drunk driving convictions was sentenced to 19 years to life Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,96646,114,113,161,96647,29023,5913],"class_list":["post-209939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-county-dui","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-hit-and-run","tag-mckinley-avenue-crash","tag-second-degree-murder","tag-shaver-lake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}