Overview

• Prosecutors allege Sergeant Carlos Gonzalo Coronel hit 19-year-old Imanol Salvador Gonzalez with his pickup in Tustin on Feb. 1 after a night of drinking and killed him instantly
• Investigators say Coronel fled the scene, directed his girlfriend to avoid the crash site and later searched online for reports of a fatal hit-and-run
• The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has charged the 40-year-old officer with felony DUI causing great bodily injury and hit-and-run causing a fatality, including a felony enhancement
• If convicted as charged, Coronel faces up to six years and eight months in prison and is scheduled to appear in court on June 27
• Coronel previously pleaded no contest to a 2011 DUI and failed to complete court-ordered service, and his current status with the LAPD remains unclear