Drunken Driver

Drunken driver sentenced to 51 years for killing baseball pitcher
By Michael Martinez , CNN
December 27, 2010 12:19 p.m. EST

Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart, 22, was beginning his first fullseason in the majors when he was killed in 2009.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* Andrew Thomas Gallo, 23, was on probation from a prior drunken driving conviction
* Gallo killed Los Angeles Angels pitcherNick Adenhart and two others
* Adenhart had just pitched his fourth-ever Major League game hours earlier
(CNN) -- A convicted drunken driver was sentenced Wednesday to 51 years to life in prisonfor a crash that killed Los Angeles Angel pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others, the Orange County, California, district attorney said.
Andrew Thomas Gallo, 23, of San Gabriel , California ,received the maximum sentence after a jury found him guilty in September of three felony counts of murder, felony drunken driving and two other felonies, according to District Attorney Tony Rackauckas andcourt spokeswoman Carole Levitzky.
Gallo had previously been convicted in San Bernardino County , California , for driving under the influence in 2006 and was on probation at the time of the April2009 crash, the district attorney said.
Authorities say Gallo's blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when he sped through a red light and crashed into a car.
Adenhart, 22, of theLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who was beginning his first full season in the majors, was killed. He had pitched just his fourth Major League game hours earlier.
The crash also killed CourtneyStewart, 20, a student and former cheerleader at California State University at Fullerton , and law student Henry Pearson, 25, who was working toward becoming a sports agent, authorities said.
A fourthvictim, 24-year-old Jon Wilhite, a former baseball player for the Cal State-Fullerton Titans, was critically injured and is now in stable condition, the prosecutor said.
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