A Long Beach Fire Department captain is facing a maximum sentence of more than six years in prison if convicted of charges that he severely injured a bicyclist in a Santa Ana hit-and-run accident while driving under the influence of alcohol, according to a news report.
John David Hines, 38, of Huntington Beach has been charged with DUI causing bodily injury, driving with a blood alcohol 0.08 percent or more causing injury, hit and run with injury, as well as sentencing enhancements for causing great bodily injury and having a blood alcohol level of more than 0.20 percent.
Hines is accused of driving his pickup into bicyclist Jeffrey Gordon, 47, who suffered head trauma and severe lacerations to his head and body in the accident. Hines allegedly did not stop after hitting Gordon, and was followed by witnesses to his Huntington Beach home, where he was arrested.
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