BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man accused of driving drunk when his SUV collided with a car in east Bakersfield has pleaded no contest to a charge of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, according to court records.
Gabriel Coronel, 33, on Friday also pleaded no contest to DUI causing injury in connection with the fatal crash that occurred last year on Pioneer Drive east of Denison Lane, records show.
He faces seven years and eight months in prison, prosecutors said. A sentencing hearing is scheduled next month…