Driver in hit-and-run enters guilty plea
Driver in hit-and-run enters guilty pleaNevada Appeal Staff Report MINDEN - A 27-year-old Gardnerville woman faces up to 10 years in prison after she admitted striking a pedestrian with her pickup truck and leaving him injured on the side of the road.Melissa Rose Hernandez pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted failure to stop at the scene of an accident involving personal injury or death stemming from the July 22 accident near Lutheran Bridge in Gardnerville.The victim, 32-year-old Cayle Hanson, suffered a ruptured spleen. He lay on the road for nearly half an hour before two teenage boys saw him and called 911 for help.In exchange for Hernandez guilty's plea, the district attorney's office agreed to recommend 12-36 months in Nevada State Prison, suspended. Hernandez told District Judge Dave Gamble she "caught a glimpse" of something before she hit Hanson, but thought it was an animal."I thought it was an animal. I thought it was a deer. It turned out to be a human being," Hernandez said."I h