Man Pleads Guilty in Fatal Car Crash
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A North Hollywood man charged with killing a 14-year-old girl in a New Year’s Eve crash in Sun Valley pleaded guilty Wednesday to manslaughter, prosecutors announced.
Gerardo Flores, 29, pleaded guilty to two felony counts--gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or higher.
He faces seven years and eight months in state prison when he is sentenced May 20.
Flores admitted running a red light and hitting a car at Roscoe and Laurel Canyon boulevards.
The collision, which occurred at 12:30 a.m. Jan. 1, killed the girl and injured her 16-year-old brother, prosecutors said.
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