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Posted: 10:54 AM Nov 11, 2009
Ex-Hyundai Executive Pleads Guilty in Fatal Crash
A former Hyundai Motor America executive has pleaded guilty to a drunken driving crash in Orange County that killed a motorcyclist in 2005.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A former Hyundai Motor America executive has pleaded guilty to a drunken driving crash in Orange County that killed a motorcyclist in 2005.
Youn Bum Lee, 42, pleaded guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter Tuesday in the 2005 death of college student Ryan Dallas Cook.
Prosecutors say Lee crashed his company car after drinking with colleagues. Cook slammed into Lee's car and was thrown onto the freeway, where he was hit by other cars. Cook was pronounced dead
at the scene.
Prosecutors say Lee boarded a flight to Korea the day after the crash, leaving his family behind. Lee was arrested in Seoul last year and was returned in January to Orange County.
Lee is expected to be sentenced to nine years in prison Dec. 7.
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