December 23, 2010- According to reports the driver charged with the
vehicular death of Nick Adenhart was sentenced 51 years to life in prison.
The driver identified as Andrew Thomas Gallo and arrested in the crash that killed Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two friends was sentenced Wednesday to 51 years to life in prison. Gallo age 23 will be eligible for parole after serving 49 years in prison.
Gallo who was out drinking with his stepbrother and ran a red light in Fullerton in the minivan he was driving at 65 mph crashing into the vehicle Adenhart and friends were in after he had pitched six scoreless innings earlier in the evening.
Gallo who fled on foot and was captured two miles from the scene of the crash told Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard Toohey prior to being sentenced he is a horrible person.
Judge Toohey after hearing from the family of 20 year of Courtney Stewart, Henry Person age 25 and Nick Adenhart, who were killed in the crash, along with Jon White who sustained major injuries handed down the sentence. Toohey told Gallo that night he ruined the lives of four families and with his own family five families’ total.
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