Teen Gets Short Sentence for Drunk Driving Accident

A young man got a short sentence for the serious tragedy he inflicted on one family in San Diego. The 17-year-old boy, whose name is protected because he is in juvenile court, was drunk and high when he ran his car off of a road in Oceanside, killing a man and striking his grandchild. The 18-month-old boy will now be blind for life and has serious brain damage.

For his crime the juvenile received 480 days in a youthful offender program.

At the time of his prosecution two months ago, the boy pleaded guilty to felony drunken driving. The Deputy District Attorney Mary Loeb reminded Judge Dwayne Moring that the boy was also driving without a license when he lost control of his car on that fateful morning on October 18.

The older man and his grandson had been walking along the sidewalk at that time.

There were three other passengers in the car who fled the scene of the crime. Lucy Verde, the mother of the impaired child, criticizes the teen for failing to apologize until a month after the drunk driving accident occurred.

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