INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – An unlicensed motorist who killed a woman and injured three others in a driving under the influence collision in Cathedral City on Christmas Day 2023 was sentenced today to 10 years in state prison.
Angel Gabriel Torres Hernandez of Cathedral City pleaded guilty last week to DUI gross vehicular manslaughter, two counts of reckless driving and a sentence-enhancing great bodily injury allegation under a plea agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. In exchange for his admissions, prosecutors dropped several related counts against Hernandez.
During a hearing at the Larson Justice Center in Indio Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Dean Benjamini certified the terms of the plea deal and imposed the stipulated sentence…