A state appeals court has upheld a $42,146.67 restitution order against a driver in a deadly crash in Novato.

The crash happened in June 2018 at the intersection of Center Road and Wilson Avenue. Police said Taylor Steven Brindley drove his Jeep through a stop sign on Center Road and struck a Ford F-150.

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The crash severely injured the driver of the Ford and two passengers. Novato police arrested Brindley, then 24, on suspicion of intoxicated driving, reckless driving causing injuries, blowing a stop sign and driving with a suspended license for a prior DUI case.

The injured driver, 70-year-old Jimmy Lee Hogges of Novato, died at a hospital the next day.

Brindley pleaded guilty in 2019 to vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, according to the appeals court. He rece

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