Indictment Filed Against DUI Driver Accused of Killing Angels Pitcher
On Wednesday May 27, 2009, an Orange County man by the name of Andrew Thomas Gallo was officially indicted on charges stemming from an April 10 accident that took the lives of popular Anaheim Angels’ Pitcher Nick Adenhart and two of Adenhart’s companions. Gallo, 22, allegedly sped through a red light in the early morning hours of April 9th and slammed into a Mitsubishi driven by Courtney Stewart, who was killed along with Adenhart and a law student named Henry Pearson. According to reports, Gallo fled the scene and was pulled over half an hour later by the police. He was arrested and hit with hit-and-run, manslaughter, and felony DUI charges. Allegedly, Gallo’s blood alcohol level upon arrest was 0.19% -- well above the legal California limit for DUI, 0.08%.
Various news outlets have reported on Gallo’s alleged past criminal history. In 2006, he pled guilty in San Bernardino to a different DUI charge and received probation for three years. Just months later, in a separate incident, he was pulled over and charged with not wearing a seatbelt. In 2007, Gallo was arrested for possessing a small amount of marijuana. While this drug possession charge did violate his DUI probation, he was permitted by the court at the time to continue in his alcohol rehabilitation program.
In the wake of the crash that took Adenhart’s life, Anaheim Angels’ fans and players have rallied in support of the fallen pitcher’s family and have made charitable donations in the player’s name.
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