P. v. Trujillo CA2/6
Philip Ken Trujillo was driving a tractor-trailer rig with a noisy air leak that disabled the low gears of his transmission. He made a slow turn in front of oncoming traffic on a highway; he did not wait for cars to pass because stopping posed a risk that he would be unable to get the truck moving again. As he made his turn across traffic, his trailer was struck by an approaching minivan. The roof of the minivan was sheared off as it went under the trailer; all four occupants were killed. Appellant was convicted by jury of four counts of gross vehicular manslaughter and sentenced to six years in prison. (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. (c)(1).)
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