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2005 California Fatal Hit and Run DUI Offender Pleads Guilty

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

42-year-old Youn Lee will be sentenced on December 7, 2009 for California Vehicle Code 191.5a gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. The sentence is based on a fatal hit and run DUI that Lee was involved in more than 4 years ago. He plead guilty to the charge on Tuesday. Lee reportedly crashed his SUV into the center median of the 55 freeway in Santa Ana on October 18, 2005. Lee?s headlights were not on when 23-year-old Ryan Cook rear-ended him on his motorcycle. Cook was then thrown off his motorcycle where he was run over by several other vehicles. Lee left the scene before the police arrived. The next morning, Lee, who was an executive at Hyundai, met with general counsel at Hyundai Motor America. After the meeting, he was driven to LAX by a colleague and supervisor where he flew to South Korea, leaving his wife and young child behind...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on November 13, 2009 (boomark / email).