A 35-year-old man was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 10, to 10 years in prison for a fatal crash in Buena Park.

He could have gotten much less time.

Jose Luis Contrerasdiaz pleaded guilty March 20 to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury, driving with a blood-alcohol level of .08% or more causing injury, all felonies, and a misdemeanor count of driving without a valid driver’s license.

He was due to be sentenced June 13 — but he failed to appear for the hearing, prompting Orange County Superior Court Judge Larry Yellin to issue a warrant for the defendant’s arrest. Yellin had offered Contrerasdiaz a six-year sentence before that.

Contrerasdiaz was booked in Orange County Jail 10 days later.

Contrerasdiaz “went on a bit of a be

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