Crime & Safety
Man Charged With Felony Manslaughter For Fatal Dublin Crash: Report
Giovanni Fissore faces a number of charges in connection with a collision on Dougherty Road in July that killed a Dublin woman.
DUBLIN, CA — A Livermore man was formally charged with felony manslaughter in connection to a fatal pedestrian collision last summer in Dublin, Pleasanton Weekly reported.
Giovanni Fissore, 42, was arrested July 31 following a collision on Dougherty Road that killed 39-year-old Roni Gage of Dublin. Gage was reportedly walking in the southbound lanes of Dougherty Road just north of Dublin Boulevard, away from a crosswalk, when she was struck by a Chevrolet SUV belonging to Fissore.
Police say that Fissore’s wife and daughter were in the car, and that his blood-alcohol readings and field sobriety tests were above the legal driving limit.
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Fissore was placed under arrest but later released from custody, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. In October, the Alameda County DA’s Office charged him with felony vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony DUI causing, felony driving with blood-alcohol content greater than the legal limit, and misdemeanor child abuse.
Fissore has pleaded not guilty.
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