LAPD officer accused of DUI, fatally hitting an O.C. pedestrian and fleeing the scene

Santa Ana – A Los Angeles Police Department sergeant has been charged with hitting a 19-year-old pedestrian on a Tustin street in an early morning drunk driving crash before driving to his girlfriend’s home, leaving the man to die in the street.

Carlos Gonzalo Coronel, 40, of Buena Park, has been charged with one felony count of driving under the influence of alcohol causing great bodily injury and one felony count of hit and run with permanent injury or death. He has also been charged with one felony enhancement of great bodily injury.

He faces a maximum sentence of 6 years 8 months state prison if convicted on all counts…

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