San Diego Man Faces Vehicular Manslaughter Charges


 In Vista on Tuesday, the testimony trial of a man accused of driving under the influence when he slammed into a sport utility vehicle ultimately killing the driver in Oceanside had finally come to an end.

The drunken driver known as William Vincent Romero could be convicted and have to serve fifteen years to life in prison as well as other charges for killing Oscar Lopez in the DUI crash that occurred in April of 2010. Judge Michael Kirkman of Vista Superior Court scheduled this case’s closing arguments for this coming Wednesday. Forty-four year old Romero is facing murder charges, a DUI resulting in gross vehicular manslaughter, driving with an illegal amount of blood-alcohol in his system, injury stemmed from a DUI as well as a hit and run.

Information provided by the California Highway Patrol, Romero was driving his 1993 Chevrolet Camaro south of the I-5 near Basilone Road around midnight. Then Romero started going into another lane when he crashed into Lopez’s Ford Explorer. Lopez who was in the car sleeping before his early morning work shift at a fish company was ejected from the SUV and killed immediately. https://askcompetentlawyer.com/civil-litigation/ Lopez’s five year-old son, Oscar Jr. was thrown from the vehicle as well however escaped any injuries. Romero tried to escape the scene but was arrested not too long after. The San Diego drunken driver blood alcohol level measured at 0.10 percent, which is above the 0.08 legal limit.

According to Matthew Greco, a Deputy District attorney, Romero was convicted of child abuse in 2004 where ultimately went to prison. In addition, Romero has been previously convicted of felonies for bribery and giving false evidence.

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