TRUCK DRIVER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO FATAL HIT-AND-RUN.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer VALENCIA - A Salinas Salinas, city, United States Salinas (səlē`nəs), city (1990 pop. 108,777), seat of Monterey co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. It is the shipping and processing center of a fertile valley famous for its grain and lettuce. man accused of leaving the scene of a Thanksgiving Day crash that killed a Bell Gardens father and son near Gorman pleaded not guilty Friday to two felonies. Javier Barajas Zavala, 41, was charged with hit-and-run driving and manslaughter manslaughter, homicide committed without justification or excuse but distinguished from murder by the absence of the element of malice aforethought. Modern criminal statutes usually divide it into degrees, the most common distinction being between voluntary and when he turned himself in to the California Highway Patrol's Newhall office on Dec. 5. His surrender came nearly two weeks after his 1999 Peterbilt big-rig allegedly rear-ended a stalled pickup truck in the northbound north·bound adj. Going toward the north. northbound Adjective going towards the north Adj. 1. lanes of the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. . In the truck were Jose Palomino Palomino Colour type of horse distinguished by its cream, yellow, or gold coat and a white or silver mane. It is popular in pleasure and parade classes. Palominos may conform to the breed types of several light breeds, including the Arabian horse and the American Quarter Horse. and his 15-year-old son, Julio, who were both killed. Zavala is reported to have left the scene, continuing north to state Route 138, where his truck caught fire at Lancaster Road. A short time earlier, a caller reported the truck stolen, but investigators now believe it was Zavala. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in state prison. Zavala, who has no prior criminal record, is scheduled to have his preliminary hearing set on Feb. 24. |
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