Trial Set for Fatal Pacific Beach DUI Car Accident
The San Diego trial of Alan Lester Mabrey, the man accused of driving a truck under the influence of alcohol and killing Pacific Beach pedestrian Emily Dowdy, 24, has been set for June 25. Mabrey, who had seven prior DUI convictions while living in Texas and Colorado, now faces a felony charge second degree murder, as well as several other charges, arising from the fatal February 7 San Diego DUI and pedestrian accident.
The Jurewitz Law Group has written about this Pacific Beach DUI car accident and Pacific Beach pedestrian accident twice before.
Mabrey had allegedly been drinking at a nearby bar when he got into the driver's seat of his friend's truck and drove along Reed Avenue before hitting Dowdy as he was turning left onto Mission Boulevard. Dowdy suffered massive head injuries and was declared brain dead 24 hours later.
If Mabrey is convicted of the murder charges, he could be sentenced to 15 years to life behind bars. A guilty verdict for the remaining charges could add on an additional seven or nine years. Some of the other charges include gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, hit-and-run causing death, DUI causing death, and driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol level of .08 percent or higher.
The legal limit is .08 percent, and Mabrey's blood alcohol content was measured at .22 percent.
A young 24 year-old with many promising features for her future, Dowdy's life was taken all too soon at the hands of a drunk driver whose blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family who are devastated by this tragedy.
If you or anyone you know has been injured or killed in a San Diego pedestrian or DUI auto accident, please contact San Diego pedestrian accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego personal injury attorneys at the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego DUI accident auto lawyers online here.
