Iqbal Noory Ibrahim, 32, admitted Tuesday to causing the Oct. 27, 2022, crash that killed 53-year-old El Cajon resident Jeffrey Garde
A man who drove drunk and caused a crash that killed another driver on Interstate 8 in La Mesa has pleaded guilty to charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and assault with a deadly weapon.
. Police said Garde was driving a pickup truck that was rear-ended by another vehicle around 2:30 a.m. that day on eastbound Interstate 8, near Grossmont Boulevard. The victim was taken to a hospital, where he died. Ibrahim, who was originally charged with murder in the case due to a prior 2018 DUI conviction, is set to be sentenced next month to a stipulated term of 25 years in state prison.
According to Deputy District Attorney Hailey Williams, Ibrahim had a blood-alcohol level of 0.204 percent about an hour after the crash, which is more than twice the legal driving limit in California.
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