Man sentenced for deadly central Fresno DUI crash in 2021

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A antheral who pleaded nary contention to execution for a deadly cardinal Fresno clang has learned his punishment.

Tuesday, a Fresno County justice sentenced Joey Barron to 15 years to beingness successful prison.

He was charged with execution aft the clang successful January 2021.

Officers reported Barron was driving nether the power erstwhile helium mislaid power of his car connected Highway 168 adjacent Shields.

His passenger, 30-year-old Andres Romero, died astatine the scene.

Barron offered an apology to the victim's family, saying that Romero was his friend.

"He (Romero) volition ne'er get the accidental to settee into a profession, get married, rise a household of his own, bless his household with grandchildren," Barron said. "I person robbed his household of each these things."