AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN WILL SPEND TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR A FATAL DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENT. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE SAYS LEE GARCIA HIT AND KILLED 74 YEAR OLD RICHARD ABEITA, WHO WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR. IT HAPPENED IN OCTOBER OF 2016 NEAR 61ST AND CENTRAL.
GARCIA WAS FOUND GUILTY OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND HIS FOURTH DWI. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAD ASKED FOR A SENTENCE OF 17 AND A HALF YEARS.
