A 26-year-old Oregon man pleaded guilty on Nov. 30 to vehicular homicide in the death of 3-month-old Burien infant Gabriel Arthur Pena, according to The Columbian.

According to the report, Christopher A. Roman admitted to being drunk when he lost control of his Acura and ran into Gabriel’s parents vehicle, pulled over in the median to fix a flat tire near Vancouver.

Gabriel’s parents, 21-year-old Terra Pina and 23-year-old Angel Pena (different spelling on last names), were traveling back to Burien from a camping trip in August when the crash occurred. They sustained minor injuries.

Clark County Prosecutor Kasey Vu told The Columbian Roman is “accepting responsibility and admitting fully what he did … That counts for something.”

Vu said prosecutors will recommend the lower end of the sentencing range – between four and a half and five and a half years in prison, according to the report.

Roman will be sentenced on Dec. 9 in Clark County Superior Court.

The Highline Times previous coverage of this story can be found here.