Hit-and-run suspect pleads guilty Hit-and-run suspect pleads guilty (October 22, 2004)

Man wandered to Moffett following crash near 237

A Sunnyvale man has pleaded guilty in connection with a vehicle crash that claimed the life of a Los Gatos woman, according to Deputy District Attorney Jim Demertzis.

Joshua Aragon, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of gross vehicular manslaughter, one count of driving under the influence causing injury, one count of driving under the influence, and one count of hit-and-run resulting in death, Demertzis said.

He faces a maximum sentence of 11 years, 8 months in state prison and is scheduled for sentencing on Dec. 9, Demertzis said.

Aragon was arrested on July 28 following a crash in Sunnyvale that killed 23-year-old Kristina Hamill.

Aragon was driving his 1991 Cadillac El Dorado on a transition road from northbound U.S. Highway 101 to westbound state Highway 237 around 3 a.m. when he allegedly failed to negotiate a curve in the road, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Aragon fled the scene and wandered onto Moffett Federal Airfield property where he was questioned by airfield police and a sheriff's deputy.

Because of minor facial injuries from the crash, Aragon was taken to a local hospital for treatment where authorities report he was cited for public intoxication.

Once he was released from the hospital, Aragon returned to a Mountain View residence where he told his father that he believed he might have hurt someone in the crash.

Aragon's father contacted Mountain View police and upon arrival at the scene nearly seven hours later, officers located Hamill lying outside of the vehicle.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

-- Bay City News

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