Crime & Safety

San Bruno Man Pleads Guilty to Fatal Hit-and-Run, DUI

The November 2011 hit-and-run left a 61-year-old woman dead. She was exiting Interstate Highway 380 when she was struck by the man's car.

The San Mateo Daily Journal reported that a 22-year-old man who killed a woman in an early morning crash in San Bruno in 2011 pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter on Thursday.

Mitnesh Reddy, a San Bruno resident, also admitted to driving under the influence of alcohol and comitting a felony hit-and-run, and he could face up to 11 years in prison, the Daily Journal reported.

Reddy crashed into 61-year-old Sondra Gentile's car in November 2011 as she was exiting Interstate Highway 380. Reddy was driving a Cadillac STS and traveling south on El Camino Real when he hit the driver's side door of Gentile's Honda Civic.

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Reddy fled the scene after the accident, but he was arrested shortly afterward, police said.

According to the Daily Journal, Reddy is expected back in court on Jan. 3 for sentencing. He remains out of custody on $25,000 bail.

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