Nine months after a fatal crash, a California sheriff's deputy has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter and felony reckless driving causing serious injury.

The on-duty California sheriff’s deputy sped through a red light and slammed into their car as they ran errands, a lawsuit alleges.

The collision killed 21-year-old Gavin Hinkley and left his fiancée with severe and permanent injuries, according to the lawsuit.

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The lives of a young couple just weeks away from their wedding were shattered when an on-duty California sheriff’s deputy sped through a red light and slammed into their car as they ran errands, a lawsuit alleges.