DUBLIN — A mistake by an Alameda County prosecutor ended up having a drastic impact on the outcome of a vehicular manslaughter case, with the driver avoiding a murder charge and ultimately receiving a two-year prison term, court records show.
It all centers on a Manteca man named Brayan Romero-Flores, 22, who was identified by Hayward police as the driver in a fatal 2023 drunk driving crash. Romero-Flores allegedly ran a red light, striking another vehicle and killing its driver, 50-year-old Esteban Jimenez, court records show.
At the time, Romero-Flores was on probation for a prior DUI charge. Prosecutors in Alameda County, though, declined to charge Romero-Flores with murder and instead filed less serious vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident charges against him, court records show…