Court Date Scheduled for Coronado Bridge Suspect

Sepolio is being held in San Diego Central Jail's medical unit

A driver charged on multiple felony counts of manslaughter and DUI causing injury or death is scheduled to be in court on November 2, according to San Diego police. 

Richard Anthony Sepolio, 24, was arraigned in his hospital room Wednesday,after his truck flew off the Coronado Bridge killing four people in Chicano Park last Saturday.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his attorney said he had yet to receive paperwork indicating Sepolio was under the influence at the time of the crash.

Sepolio is being held in San Diego Central Jail and his bail has been set at $2 million.

The crash killed four peopleβ€”married couple Cruz Elias and AnnaMarie Contreras, Andre Christopher Banks and his girlfriend Francine Denise Jimenez.

A Chicano Park Remembrance Fundraiser was held Saturday to raise money for the funeral expenses of the victims in the crash.

Sepolio is also scheduled to be in court on January 25 next year.

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