Edward Minot, who was a 20-year-old Camp Pendleton Marine at the time of the crash, is expected to be sentenced to 13 years, 8 months
A 21-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to gross vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving in a crash that killed a 12-year-old boy blocks from the Oceanside Pier on the Fourth of July last year. Edward Minot, who at the time of the crash was a 20-year-old Camp Pendleton Marine, agreed to a plea deal that calls for him to be sentenced to 13 years, eight months in prison, the maximum allowable sentence for the charges to which he admitted.
In pleading guilty, Minot admitted his blood-alcohol content was .14 percent, Uyar said. In California, the legal limit for driving is .08 percent for people age 21 and older. Few details of the case have been discussed in court or made public. Minot's guilty plea came on the same day he was scheduled to have his preliminary hearing. At the time of the crash, Oceanside police said in a news release that someone had flagged down an officer about 11 p.m.
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