Felix Mendoza Jr. was driving at least 50 miles per hour over the speed limit last May when he hit a car, causing it to flip, according to a prosecutor and court records.

The woman in the car was injured. Her husband was killed.

That crash followed a previous one where Mendoza was driving under the influence when he ran a stop sign, hit a vehicle and seriously injured two children, one of whom suffered brain trauma, said Deputy District Attorney John Taylor.

Mendoza, now 26, was sentenced to two to five years in prison in 2020 for DUI resulting in substantial bodily harm, court records show. He also had other DUI arrests before and after that prior case, according to Taylor.

A judge sentenced Mendoza to 4 to 10 years in prison Wednesday in connection with the crash last year, the maxim

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