AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN FACES UP TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING NO CONTEST IN THE DEATH OF A YOUNG BOY. AUTHORITIES SAY 21 YEAR OLD MARIANO SALAZ WAS DRUNK WHEN HIS PICKUP REAR-ENDED A VEHICLE ON COORS NEAR QUAIL LAST AUGUST. A TWO YEAR OLD IN THE CAR THAT WAS HIT, VICENTE GRIEGO, SUFFERED CRITICAL INJURIES AND DIED SEVERAL DAYS LATER.
PROSECUTORS SAY SALAZ TRIED TO FLEE AFTER THE ACCIDENT, AND ENDED UP HITTING OTHER VEHICLES, INCLUDING AN APD PATROL UNIT, BEFORE BEING ARRESTED.
