SAN DIEGO —
A motorist who fatally struck a pedestrian in Sherman Heights and drove off without stopping pleaded guilty Tuesday to vehicular manslaughter.
Christopher Nunez, 29, faces up to six years in state prison for the Jan. 19 hit-and-run death of 41-year-old Jason Gordon, who was struck about 2 a.m. on Market Street.
Deputy District Attorney Jessica Paugh said Gordon was crossing the street when he was struck by an SUV and dragged more than 100 feet.
Gordon, a married father of two daughters, died at the scene.
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After the crash, Nunez stopped for food at Humberto’s Taco Shop, less than a mile from the site of the crash, police said. While in the restaurant’s parking lot, police said, he also crashed into an occupied vehicle.