FRESNO ( KMJ) – A former Central High School coach serving time has filed a motion to withdraw his manslaughter plea for hitting a child on a bicycle while driving drunk.
7 year-old Donovan Maldonado was killed the night of July 25th, 2012, he was riding his bike across Shepherd Avenue between Millbrook and Perrin in Fresno – a crash that also left his father and sister hurt.
Central High Basketball coach Loren LeBeau, was behind the wheel.
LeBeau pleaded no contest and is serving 12 years in prison.
His insurance paid the family $100,000 dollars, the Maldonado’s also sued the city of Fresno, winning over a million dollars settlement because the crosswalk was badly lit.
According to the Fresno Bee, LeBeau made a motion Friday, August 19th, to withdraw his manslaughter plea.
New evidence stemming from a recreation of the deadly crash, finds that a driver whether drunk or not would not have been able to see a bicyclist.
