SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - A Sioux City man acknowledged Thursday that he ran a stop sign and caused a fatal crash last summer.
Julian Espinoza, 32, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide by driving recklessly, causing the crash that killed Ronald Hacker, of Sioux City, according to the Sioux City Journal.
The charge carries a 10-year prison sentence, and Espinoza will be sentenced March 16 in Woodbury County District Court. He remains free on bond.
As part of a plea agreement, an initial charge of vehicular driving while intoxicated was changed and a charge of child endangerment resulting in bodily injury will be dismissed. Espinoza’s juvenile son was in his pickup at the time of the crash.
The crash happened when Espinoza drove his pickup through a stop sign in Sioux City and collided with a vehicle driven by Hacker, who died three days later.
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