{"id":36567,"date":"2019-05-03T19:58:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T19:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/03\/sailor-sentenced-for-deadly-coronado-bridge-accident\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:33:59","slug":"sailor-sentenced-for-deadly-coronado-bridge-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/05\/03\/sailor-sentenced-for-deadly-coronado-bridge-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailor sentenced for deadly Coronado Bridge accident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAN DIEGO \u2014 A U.S. Navy sailor whose pickup truck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/02\/14\/this-is-why-a-san-diego-jury-found-the-sailor-guilty-of-manslaughter-in-bridge-plunge-deaths\/\" target=_blank>plunged off a bridge into a San Diego park<\/a>, killing four people, has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Sepolio, who wore his Navy uniform, apologized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2016\/10\/16\/sailor-arrested-after-truck-plunges-off-san-diego-bridge-killing-4-in-crowd-below\/\" target=\"_blank\">for the crash<\/a> during his sentencing Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors said Sepolio was doing more than 80 mph when his truck plunged over the Coronado Bridge in October 2016. It dropped about 60 feet onto crowded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiego.org\/articles\/parks-gardens\/chicano-park.aspx\" target=_blank>Chicano Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four people died and seven were injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/02\/14\/this-is-why-a-san-diego-jury-found-the-sailor-guilty-of-manslaughter-in-bridge-plunge-deaths\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bridge2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">This is why a San Diego jury found a sailor guilty of manslaughter in bridge plunge deaths<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Prosecutors said the tragedy began with a sailor who had been drinking on Oct. 15, 2016, and was arguing with his girlfriend \u2014 now his wife \u2014 by cellphone when he tried to speed past another car on the San Diego-Coronado Bridge.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors say Sepolio had been drinking and was arguing with his then-girlfriend by phone moments before the accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sepolio testified that he lost control of the car while merging in traffic from a transition ramp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 27-year-old was convicted in February of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI causing injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Navy Times: <\/b><i>The AP lists him as a petty officer but provided no picture of him in uniform. 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