LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man charged with fatally hitting another man in his Lincoln front yard has pleaded no contest to attempting to leave the scene of a fatal accident and misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that 31-year-old Hani Hadgi faces more time behind bars when he's sentenced in March.
Prosecutors say Hadgi was driving a sport utility vehicle recklessly when he hit 41-year-old Victor Melendez the night of Sept. 22, 2020.
An officer who arrived at the scene of the crash testified he saw Hadgi get out of the crashed SUV and leave in a red car, without checking on Melendez.
Hadgi is already serving a two- to three-year prison sentence on separate drug charges.