The drunk driver who ran over and killed a 26-year-old Gilroy
pedestrian on March 15 was in court Friday to be charged with gross
vehicular manslaughter for the accident.
SAN MARTIN – The drunk driver who ran over and killed a 26-year-old Gilroy pedestrian on March 15 was in court Friday to be charged with gross vehicular manslaughter for the accident.
The 37-year-old drunk driver from Gilroy, Bradley Graham Whalen, has been free from county jail on $50,000 bail since March 20.
Whalen, who lives in the 7000 block of Mount Vernon Way, was arrested for felony driving under the influence of alcohol after his 1996 Chevrolet Silverado truck collided with Esteban Hernandez-Santiago, killing him immediately.
Hernandez-Santiago was walking across 10th Street near Hanna Street when he was run over by a Whalen’s truck.
Whalen was arrested immediately following the accident for driving under the influence of alcohol and was transported to county jail in San Jose.
Whalen will be back in court at 9 a.m. on May 30 to enter a plea.
