Man pleads not guilty in deadly Carmichael hit and run | Animal Lovers

SACRAMENTO (AP) - A California man has pleaded not guilty to charges in a deadly drunken driving crash that killed a man and four dogs.

Prosecutors say 31-year-old Paul William Walden was drunk behind the wheel of car traveling down a Carmichael street at 80 mph with no lights when he blew through a stop sign.

The car struck 21-year-old Harison Long-Randall, his 23-year-old girlfriend Gemily West and her dogs. Long-Randall and the four dogs were killed.

Walden fled the scene and was captured a short time later.

The Sacramento Bee says Walden pleaded not guilty on Thursday to murder, vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence and other charges in last July's crash.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March.