ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A jury found that a Bernalillo County deputy who briefly chased a drunken driver was not to blame for a deadly crash that took place moments after she ended pursuit.
The Albuquerque Journal reported Wednesday that Deputy Judy Galloway initiated a pursuit after Steven Trujillo, who was driving a truck that had been involved in an earlier wreck, rolled through a stop sign.
When Galloway and her supervisor learned that the truck was only involved in misdemeanor incidents, she stopped the chase. But seconds later, Trujillo slammed into a vehicle carrying nine people — killing two and injuring others.
Trujillo was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading no contest in November to two counts of vehicular homicide and lesser charges connected