Man sentenced in fatal DUI

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Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004 | 9:48 a.m.

District Judge Joseph Bonaventure on Tuesday sentenced an Arizona motorist to two to five years in prison for a drunken driving collision that killed a pedestrian two years ago.

William Schwalbach, 63, also is required to pay a $3,000 fine.

He pleaded guilty to a felony drunken-driving charge in October and admitted causing the death of 50-year-old John Wan.

Authorities said that in October 2002 Schwalbach was under the influence of alcholo when he drove his 2003 GMC pickup truck onto the sidewalk and hit some newspaper racks before striking Wan, who was waiting at a bus stop on Fremont Street near Charleston Boulevard.

Wan was rushed to University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving.