Long Beach Superior Court Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani immediately sentenced Denis Alberto Reyes following his no-contest plea to four counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and one count of unlawful driving or taking of a vehicle, according to Deputy District Attorney Karen Thorp.
Reyes -- driving a stolen 1997 Ford Taurus -- was racing the driver of a black 2003 Ford Mustang on eastbound Ocean Boulevard when the two cars collided, causing the Mustang to spin out of control and smash into a large concrete sign in the median on Aug. 22, 2010.
Reyes, who was arrested later, was 17 at the time of the crash. He turned 18 last November just before he was ordered to stand trial as an adult.
The Mustang's driver, Jesus Heredia Calixto, 18, and passengers Delysa Castro, 16, Javier Marquez Jr., 19, and Candice Ann Bustamante, 32, all of Long Beach, were killed.
Marquez -- who was declared brain-dead at an area hospital -- was kept alive until his organs could be harvested and donated to about 50 people.
"We did something he would want to do," Javier Marquez Sr. said of donating his son's organs, noting that it was a way "we could also help others through him."
The victim's father said the family had gotten letters from some of the recipients of the donated organs,
including a kidney and liver, which has helped them to cope by knowing that their son is still helping others even after his death.Source: http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_18183204?source=rss
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