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Las Vegas Drunk Driver Gets 4-10 Years for Bus Shelter Crash That Left Woman in Chronic Pain
Dario Nunez Jr. was sentenced to four to 10 years in prison for a drunk-driving crash that struck Fiona Dominguez at a bus shelter in April. Dominguez's mother told the court the 38-year-old still lives with pain and called current DUI penalties too weak.
A Las Vegas man who admitted to driving drunk when he crashed into a bus shelter and struck a woman last spring was sentenced Tuesday to four to 10 years in state prison.
Dario Nunez Jr. pleaded guilty in the case and declined to address the judge before the sentence was handed down. Along with the prison term, the court imposed a $2,000 fine and ordered Nunez to install an ignition interlock device on any vehicle he operates for 12 to 36 months after his release on parole.
The victim, 38-year-old Fiona Dominguez, was struck at the shelter in April. Her mother, Valeria Musco, told the judge that Dominguez continues to live with pain from the crash. Speaking after the hearing, Musco said penalties for impaired driving are not tough enough and urged people not to get behind the wheel while intoxicated.
The case highlights the lasting toll of drunk-driving collisions on victims and their families, and it adds to a broader local debate over whether Nevada's DUI laws adequately deter repeat offenses and protect people who rely on public transit and pedestrian infrastructure. For Dominguez's family, the sentence closes a criminal chapter but not the physical recovery that continues months after the crash.