California: Killing Cousin Jose Lugo said his dead passenger was drunker than him, confesses on live TV

California: Killing Cousin Jose Lugo said his dead passenger was drunker than him, confesses on live TV

California: Killing Cousin Jose Lugo said his dead passenger was drunker than him, confesses on live TV

From Fox 11 / CNS

– It started as a hit and run and ended in yet another example of the tragic consequences of drinking and driving.

The front end of the white sedan was crushed, pieces of the metal pole it had crashed into evidence of just how forceful the impact had been.

Inside, the  passenger was dead. But the driver was nowhere to be found until…he walked up to me seconds before my 4:30 am live-shot and confessed on TV.   ...MORE

From MYNEWSLA.com

The passenger — identified by the coroner’s office as Juan Mendez, 49, of Los Angeles — was pronounced dead at the scene.

Jose Lugo, 43, allegedly confessed to driving the vehicle while drunk because his cousin “was drunker,” FOX11 reported. He told a reporter he left the scene to look for help and was arrested when he returned, according to the station. ….MORE