Maricela Diaz, 24, was sentenced to six years in prison for killing 49-year-old El Cajon resident Roberto Sanchez in a DUI crash last year near Kearny Mesa
A drunken driver who drove the wrong way on state Route 52 near Kearny Mesa and crashed head-on into another vehicle, killing that motorist, was sentenced Tuesday to six years in state prison.
According to the California Highway Patrol, Diaz’s pickup truck was heading eastbound when it crashed into the victim’s westbound car just after 2:30 a.m.Deputy District Attorney Laura Evans, who argued for a sentence of 10 years, said Diaz was driving with a blood-alcohol content of around three times the legal driving limit and also had cocaine in her system.
In court, Diaz told Sanchez’s family, “Last year on Aug. 26, I made the most selfish and thoughtless decision of my life. Not a day goes by that I haven’t thought about the pain I’ve inflicted upon your family and how I wish I could take it all back.”
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