An intoxicated Oakland woman who crashed into a San Mateo fire station last summer, striking a parked fire truck and leaving her teenage daughter needing facial stitches, was sentenced Friday to two years and eight months in prison.
Lasheena Ranee Cardona, 36, of Oakland, gave a tearful apology to San Mateo Fire Chief Dan Belville, who told the court one of his firefighters missed being pinned and possibly killed by mere seconds.
Cardona was on probation for a 2008 misdemeanor drunk driving incident when prosecutors say she drove while intoxicated on July 11, getting lost in the East Bay and crossing over the San Mateo Bridge. While headed west on State Route 92, Cardona allegedly began speaking incoherently and having trouble seeing, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Cardona took the De Anza Boulevard exit, lost control of the sport utility vehicle and crashed into the Fire Station 27. Her 17-year-old daughter required nine stitches in the face. Cardona’s blood alcohol level, tested 90 minutes after the crash, was .31.
In December, Cardona pleaded no contest to driving while intoxicated and child endangerment in return for no more than four years in prison.
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On top of the two-year, eight-month sentence imposed Friday, Cardona also had her driver’s license suspended a year but was not ordered to pay restitution for the damage she caused at the fire station, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Karen Guidotti.
The city of San Mateo had settled with Cardona’s insurance company.
Belville told Cardona he wished her no ill will but had the situation taken a different turn it would have been one more tragedy where he was informing a family their loved one was killed, according to Guidotti.
Cardona had been free from custody on a $100,000 bail bond since September but was immediately taken into custody. She has credit of 56 days earned before posting bail last September.
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