Articles Posted in DUI Accidents

Maria Arreola, 60, was killed in a Los Angeles car accident, which police report, involved a drunk driver. According to the Los Angeles Daily News, the fatal DUI crash occurred at the intersection of Slauson and Normandie avenues in Los Angeles’ Chesterfield Square, the morning of September 13, 2011. Officials say a driver, identified as 23-year-old Danilo Hernandez, ran a red light at the intersection before striking another car driven by a man. Arreola, who was pronounced dead at the site of the collision, was a passenger in one of the vehicles. The male driver whose car was hit has also been injured but is expected to survive. Hernandez was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter.
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Rodolfo De Los Santos, 54, was seriously injured in a Ventura car accident, which officials say, was caused by a driver who was under the influence of drugs. According to a news report in The Ventura County Star, the injury collision occurred the afternoon of September 11, 2011 on Highway 126, near Sespe Creek, in Fillmore.

California Highway Patrol officials say De Los Santos was riding his motorcycle east on Highway 126 when a vehicle that was going the wrong way on the highway struck him. De Los Santos was thrown off his motorcycle and suffered a broken leg, road rash and abrasions. He was transported to a local hospital for treatment. The wrong way driver, identified as 70-year-old Alicia Gonzalez, has been booked on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs.
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A 44-year-old man was killed in a Los Angeles car accident involving a teenage driver, who officials say, may have been under the influence of alcohol. According to a report in the Los Angeles Daily News, the fatal DUI collision occurred on the southbound 110 Freeway, near Vernon Avenue, on September 4, 2011. The victim was with two other men on the shoulder of the freeway trying to repair a stalled Chevrolet Monte Carlo, when the 18-year-old driver of a Smart car crashed into the Chevrolet, forcing it into the three men.
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Kelly Pham, 21, of La Mirada, was killed in a Fullerton car accident, which officials say, involved a suspected drunk driver. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal DUI collision occurred when the driver, 23-year-old Justin Drake, was speeding in a 2006 Mazda westbound on Malvern Avenue, near Woods Avenue, the morning of July 24, 2011.

Police say he lost control of the car at a curve and struck a tree and retaining wall. Pham, who sustained critical injuries, was transported to a local hospital where she died. Drake was also injured, but was arrested on suspicion of DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter. Anyone with information about this crash is asked to contact Fullerton police at 714-738-6716.

I offer my deepest sympathies to the family members and friends of Kelly Pham for their tragic and heartbreaking loss. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
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A 28-year-old man was killed in an Anaheim car accident, which officials say, involved a drunk driver, early morning on July 17, 2011. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal DUI collision occurred on the southbound 5 Freeway, near Disneyland Drive, in Anaheim. A 28-year-old female driver of a 2002 GMC pickup changed lanes and struck the back of a 1995 Mercury Villager. The GMC then veered out of control, onto a steep embankment and rolled over several times. A male passenger in the GMC was killed and the driver suffered major injuries. She was later arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.
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Three people have been hospitalized with serious injuries in a car accident in Glenn County, which officials say involved a suspected drunk driver. According to a news report in The Orland Press Register, the DUI accident occurred on Interstate 5 in Glenn County, the early morning of June 12, 2011. Jude Tenbear, 39, was reportedly travelling about 100 mph when she crashed her 2006 Pontiac into the back of a 1991 Toyota driven by 40-year-old Miguel Chacon. Chacon, and two other occupants in the Toyota, 28-year-old Wendy Vasquez and 64-year-old Juan Ramires, suffered severe injuries. The injuries suffered in this DUI crash included serious lacerations and a broken back. Tenbear was treated for minor injuries and then arrested on charges of felony suspicion of driving under the influence.

My thoughts and prayers are with the injured victims of this Glenn County car accident. I wish them all a complete and speedy recovery.
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Friends and family of a 14-year-old serious-injury auto accident victim gathered in Irvine Sunday night, the victim remaining in grave condition at a local hospital, according to the Orange County Register. The 48-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz and one of the other passengers has been released from the hospital, said Lt. Henry Boggs of the Irvine Police Department. The collision occurred at about 1:15 a.m. when the five people in a Mercedes-Benz collided with a Toyota pickup at the intersection of Irvine Boulevard and Culver drive, Boggs said.
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