DUI Driver Sentenced For 'Huffing' Crash That Killed SD Pedestrian

SAN DIEGO, CA — A man who drove under the influence and fatally struck a pedestrian in Kearny Mesa last year was sentenced Thursday to four years in state prison.

Prosecutors say Frank William Shoaf, 40, huffed a can of "Dust Off" canned air while driving, then ran a red light at around 8:30 a.m. June 7, 2022, struck a curb, and then a woman, a traffic sign and a tree on the sidewalk.

The victim, 30-year-old Cassandra May, was taken to a hospital, where she died a few hours after the crash.

At Shoaf's sentencing hearing, May's family members said she was the mother of two young children.

Shoaf, who pleaded guilty last year to charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI, said during the hearing, "I just want to say sorry. I know sorry doesn't cut it. There's a lot of action that needs to come along with `sorry.' I want to be a better person. I want to help people. It's unfortunate it take things like this to make someone realize what's important."

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