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Drunk driver pleads guilty in Loop 202 fatality
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A drunken driver that traveled the wrong way on Loop 202 and struck a vehicle head-on, killing a Chandler man in May, has pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
Alonso Pena-Reyes, 20, who is in the country illegally, is facing a prison term of 16 to 18 years when he is sentenced on Nov. 5, said Mike Scerbo, Maricopa County Attorney’s spokesman.
Officials said Pena-Reyes was driving the wrong way on Loop 202 San Tan for several miles. He failed to stop for a police officer, then struck a vehicle head-on and killed a Chandler man.
Pena-Reyes was intoxicated and had a blood alcohol content of about .24, which is three times the legal limit, officials said.
Pena-Reyes was held on no bail because he is an illegal immigrant.
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