The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/28/notorious-new-years-eve-dui-hit-and-run-suspect-troy-mcalister-will-face-trial-wont-get-diversion/After a month-long firestorm that a hit-and-run suspect accused of killing two women while driving on meth could get a diversion program instead of facing trial, an SF Superior Court judge just ruled the case will indeed go to trial. One issue that largely fueled the 2022 recall of SF DA Chesa Boudin was the infamous case of Troy McAlister, who was accused of killing 27-year-old Hanako Abe and 60-year-old Elizabeth Platt in a New Year’s Eve 2020 hit-and-run crash. McAlister was charged with DUI for allegedly having both alcohol and meth in his system at the time of the crash, and he tried to flee the scene on foot. Oh, and Mc

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