Salvin Hilario pleads guilty in fatal hit-and-run case; victim’s family objects to plea deal

Salvin Hilario pled guilty Monday in Kauaʻi’s Fifth Circuit Court to second-degree negligent homicide for the hit-and-run death of Kailon Tyndzik under a plea agreement that will send him to prison for five years minus time served.

Hilario, 55, who appeared before Judge Michael K. Soong wearing a green jumpsuit, and also pled guilty to felony driving without a license.

Prosecutors agreed to dismiss charges of collision involving death or serious bodily injury and unsafe equipment as part of the agreement…

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