Man, 24, Sentenced In Fatal Crash That Killed Passenger In OC

ORANGE COUNTY, CA — A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison for a deadly crash in Santa Ana that killed a passenger in his vehicle, according to court records obtained Monday.

Manuel Jesus Galindo pleaded guilty Wednesday to gross vehicular manslaughter.

Galindo was driving a 2013 Hyundai Sonata that was southbound on Newhope Street about 10:50 a.m. on Oct. 12, 2019, when the sedan struck another car and slammed into a street pole at Westminster Boulevard, police said.

The brunt of the impact was on the passenger side of the car, where 20- year-old Kobe Kidwell of Santa Ana was sitting, police said.

Galindo sustained serious injuries in the crash, and two women in the back seat of his car also were injured and taken to an area hospital, police said.