REDWOOD CITY — A jury on Friday convicted a 33-year-old San Jose man of second-degree murder in connection with a fatal drunken-driving crash on Highway 101 in San Bruno nearly two years ago, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.

The jury this past week found Louis Sale guilty of numerous criminal charges, including drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter, but needed more time to weigh the murder charge.

The jury deliberated for about two hours Friday, said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. Sale now faces at least 15 years to life in prison when he is sentenced on April 27.

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On April 16, 2016, at about 3:45 a.m., the California Highway Patrol responded to a crash on southbound Highway 101 in San Bruno. Traffic was backed up as a result of the collision, and as officers investigated, they heard a second crash.

The second collision, according to prosecutors, also occurred in the southbound lanes when Sale slammed into the back of Vivaldo Braga Veloso Jr.’s car at 70 mph. Sale reportedly testified that he had consumed 16 shots of alcohol in the hours leading up to the crash.

Veloso, a 46-year-old resident of Burlingame and the father of two young girls, died at Stanford Hospital three days later.

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A variety of factors including Sale’s high blood-alcohol level and “out of control driving” spurred prosecutors to pursue the second-degree murder charge, Wagstaffe said in an interview.

“He knew it was dangerous, and it warranted the higher punishment,” the district attorney said.