Suspect in Fresno County crash that killed couple pleads not guilty

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Madera County antheral charged with hitting and sidesplitting a joined mates has pleaded not guilty.

54-year-old David Alvarado was arraigned successful a downtown Fresno tribunal connected Thursday.

The California Highway Patrol says helium was driving drunk successful May erstwhile his pickup motortruck ran into 2 different cars sitting astatine a stoplight connected Highway 41 and Manning Avenue.

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The clang killed 65-year-old Mary Hardin that evening.

Her husband, 69-year-old Paul Hardin, was hospitalized successful captious information earlier being taken disconnected of beingness enactment days later.

Alvarado is facing execution charges arsenic a effect of the crash.

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He besides has six erstwhile DUI's connected his record, dating backmost to 1997.

He's owed backmost successful tribunal connected August 8.