Photo: Hemet Police Department
A former professional boxer will spend the next 10 years behind bars afterkilling a pregnant mother of fourwhen he crashed into her Chrysler minivan while intoxicated.
On Thursday, Marcos A. Forestal received his sentence of 10 years in state prison,KTLAandNews Channel 3report.
Forestal pleaded guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter in March following the horrific incident nearly a year ago, according to KTLA. He previously pleaded not guilty.
On Sept. 9, Forestal’s BMW plowed head-on into expectant mom Krystil Kincaid in Hemet, California at around 8:30 p.m., the Helmet Police Department revealed in a statement.
Officers found Forestal, who is the World Boxing Federation International Super Bantamweight champion, walking near his vehicle on the scene, authorities said.
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“Forestal displayed symptoms of alcohol intoxication and was arrested,” the Helmet Police Department continued.
In the video, Forestal, who sustained only minor injuries, shows viewers his totaled car while saying, “Look what happened to me, guys.”
“A car crossed in front of me and look what happened to my car,” the Cuban boxer, who resided in Burbank in Los Angeles at the time, says in Spanish in the video.
Heartbreakingly, Kincaid was on the phone with her husband Zach during the time of the crash, according to KTLA.
Zach, who was married to Kincaid for 12 years, told the outlet he heard his wife scream before the impact. He also heard the firefighters trying to pull her from the vehicle.
The heartbroken father of fourtold friends and familyabout the tragic incident on Facebook. “My life has been full of adversity, but today I experienced the hardest thing i have ever done.”
“I told my 2 daughters and my 2 sons that a drunk driver killed their mom. The pain and anger I feel within my soul is immeasurable, my heart is broken. Until we meet again Raven…Krystil Kincaid.”
source: people.com
