Juan Mendoza sentenced after 2019 double-fatal crash in downtown Kitchener
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Juan Mendoza, the man found guilty of impaired driving in a fiery 2019 crash that caused the death of his wife and another woman, was sentenced on Friday afternoon.
Juan Mendoza, the man found guilty of impaired driving in a fiery 2019 crash that caused the death of his wife and another woman, was sentenced on Friday afternoon.
Mendoza has been sentenced to seven years in prison minus 74 days for time served before sentencing.
He arrived to the Kitchener courthouse early Friday morning with his family as he’s been free on bail for about four years.
In June, Mendoza was found guilty on one count of dangerous driving causing bodily harm, two counts of dangerous driving causing death, one count of impaired driving causing bodily harm and two counts of impaired driving causing death.
Mendoza was driving a vehicle that crashed and caught on fire in downtown Kitchener on Gaukel Street in May 2019, killing his wife Maria and another passenger Tia Luna. A third passenger, Julia Gomez was seriously injured.
Mendoza pleaded not guilty to the charges including dangerous operation causing death and impaired driving causing death. Throughout the trial, court heard that Mendoza was highly intoxicated at the time of the crash.
