Man pleads guilty in 2021 DWI crash that killed motorcyclist

A man admitted Tuesday to driving while intoxicated when he crashed into a motorcycle in 2021 in Southwest Albuquerque, killing the motorcyclist.

Weston Hill, 32, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide DWI in the death of Victor Garcia, who was struck and killed while riding his motorcycle on Atrisco Vista SW.

Hill faces a sentence of eight to 12 years in prison, according to his plea agreement. His sentencing hearing before 2nd Judicial District Judge David Murphy has not been scheduled.

In the days after the fatal crash, a district court judge rejected a prosecutor’s motion to hold Hill in jail pending trial, according to court records. The conditions of his release included a prohibition on drug possession.

But about two weeks after the April 25, 2021, crash that killed Garcia, Hill was arrested by police in Oklahoma in possession of 46 grams of heroin and six ounces of methamphetamine, according to records in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

He later pleaded guilty to charges of possession with intent to distribute and was sentenced to five years in federal prison.

In March, Hill was extradited to New Mexico as a “borrowed prisoner” to face charges in Garcia’s death.

Prosecutors said Hill was driving north on Atrisco Vista SW when he crossed into the southbound lane and struck Garcia’s motorcycle. Garcia died at the scene.

Hill and a passenger fled the scene on foot, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office deputies wrote in a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court. Hill was later arrested in a mobile home park in the 200 block of Atrisco Vista SW after a resident reported that he and the passenger were knocking on doors and asking for directions to a motel, the complaint said.