CONVICT MUST PAY VICTIM'S FAMILY $21,000 TO GO TO KIN OF DRIVER HE KILLED.Byline: Staff and Wire Services SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. -- An illegal immigrant illegal immigrant n. an alien (non-citizen) who has entered the United States without government permission or stayed beyond the termination date of a visa. (See: alien) convicted of vehicular manslaughter vehicular manslaughter n. the crime of causing the death of a human being due to illegal driving of an automobile, including gross negligence, drunk driving, reckless driving, or speeding. in connection with a crash that killed an off-duty paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic from Antelope Valley has been ordered to pay $21,000 to the victim's family. San Fernando Superior Court Judge Ronald Coen issued the restitution order Thursday against Juan Bibinz, 39, who is serving a four-year prison term. Bibinz, a Littlerock resident, pleaded guilty in May to the vehicular manslaughter charge stemming from the crash that killed Michael S. Sprinkles on Sept. 6 on a rural stretch of Sierra Highway in Agua Dulce. Bibinz's auto crossed the center divider and hit Sprinkles' vehicle head-on, according to witnesses. Sprinkles, a 37-year-old father of two, had worked 10 years for ambulance company American Medical Response American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR) is the largest private ambulance provider in the United States. AMR and EmCare are wholly owned subsidiaries of EMSC L.P., an emergency management company held by the investment firm Onex. AMR is based out of Greenwood Village, Colorado. . Bibinz, who was arrested by California Highway Patrol officers at the scene, had prior felony convictions, served time in state prison, used numerous aliases and was deported in 1999, according to authorities. He returned to the U.S. illegally and faces deportation again after his release from prison. |
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