Long Beach Fire Captain Pleads Guilty for DUI Hit and Run Crash

 In Santa Ana California, the Long Beach fire captain pleaded guilty for critically injuring a cyclist in a crash while he was driving under the influence of alcohol back in April.

On the first day of April, John Hines, a resident of Huntington Beach, was drinking at a bar in Long Beach before getting behind the wheel of his truck. Hines lost control of his driving in Seal Beach and ultimately hit a cyclist who was in the bike lane. Lawyer office in Florida. The victim, forty-seven year old Jeffrey Gordon was severely injured. Hines didn’t pull over to stop after hitting Gordon and just kept driving until he reached his home where he was later arrested. The drunken fire captain’s blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit where he measured at 0.24 percent. Hines pleaded guilty to the charges of a DUI resulting in bodily injury, driving with a blood alcohol level above the legal limit, a hit and run with an injury as well as sentencing for causing an injury while having blood alcohol content above 0.20 percent.

Thirty-eight year old Hines will be serving a ninety day state prison sentence to determine whether or not he is fitting for prison. The second of December is his sentencing date where he could face up to seven years in prison. Andrew Katz, Deputy District attorney said that "It's not your standard DUI...this is a guy who was three times the legal limit at 1 in the afternoon. He knows better. This is a guy who's been sliding for a long time. And for a first responder who treats people at the scene to flee the scene is unconscionable. He should not be dealt with the same. He should be held to a higher standard."

Gordon, the victim, is hospitalized and being treated for a broken back as well as head and spinal injuries.