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A drunk driver drove the wrong way on Highway 24 in Lafayette and caused a fatal accident.

Fatal freeway crash: A drunk driver who was going the wrong way on Highway 24 crashed into another vehicle and killed the driver Friday in Lafayette.

•   A drunk driver drove the wrong way on the freeway and crashed head-on into another vehicle.

•   The other driver was killed in the freeway crash.

•   A third car was involved in the accident. 

•   The  drunk driver was arrested.

The deadly drunk driving accident occurred at around 1:30 a.m., according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle.

California Highway Patrol Officer John Fransen said 20-year-old Annelise McKay of Brentwood was driving a Toyota Avalon, with only one working headlight, eastbound in the westbound lanes of the freeway near St. Stephens Road.

The Toyota crashed head-on into a westbound Geo Metro driven by 51-year-old Alvaro Cruz of Pittsburg. The impact caused the Metro to spin out and crash into a Buick sedan.

Cruz died at the scene.

The driver of the Buick suffered from pain and was taken to a hospital by his wife.

The wrong-way drunk driver sustained minor injuries. She was taken to John Muir Medical Center and then released into police custody. She was arrested on drunk driving charges. The CHP did not say whether she would face any additional charges.

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A teen passenger was killed in a DUI crash in Pomona. (Video capture: NBC News)

Fatal DUI crash: A 19-year-old female passenger was killed Sunday when a 20-year-old drunk driver lost control of their vehicle on North San Antonio Avenue in Pomona. The car crashed into several parked vehicles and then rolled over.

•   An underage drunk driver lost control of her car, slammed into several parked cars, and then rolled her own vehicle.

•   One of her passengers died at the scene. Three others were hospitalized with serious injuries.

•   The drunk driver was arrested for DUI causing death and manslaughter.

The deadly solo car accident occurred at 1:38 a.m., according to a report in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.

Pomona police Sgt. Christian Hsu said in a written statement that 20-year-old Raelene Martinez of Ontario was driving a 1995 Toyota Camry northbound on San Antonio Avenue at the time of the accident. She had four passengers in her car.

When she reached the 1500 block of San Antonio Avenue, Martinez lost control of her vehicle. She slammed into several parked vehicles and then rolled the Camry.

One of her passengers, a 19-year-old Upland woman whose name was withheld pending notification of next of kin, died at the scene.

 NBC News reported that the three other passengers — 18-year-old Frank Camacho of Ontario, 19-year-old Ernie Vega of Upland, and 23-year-old Gabriel Venegas of Ontario — suffered serious injuries and were hospitalized. Their injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.

Martinez also sustained injuries. She was arrested at the scene for drunk driving causing death and manslaughter, NBC News reported.

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A drunk driver couldn’t negotiate this curve in Vacaville and slammed his car into the telephone pole, injuring two passengers.

Police arrested a 21-year-old man for a drunk driving accident that seriously injured two passengers Monday night in Vacaville. Police were looking for a third passenger who left the scene.

•   A group of friends were drinking in a local park. One of them, who was deemed to be ‘least intoxicated,’ drove them home.

•   The driver failed to negotiate a curve and slammed the car into a telephone pole.

•   Two of the passengers were hospitalized with major injuries. The other one left the scene.

•   The 21-year-old driver was arrested on charges of felony drunk driving causing injury and driving on a suspended license.

 The car accident occurred at about 11 p.m., according to a news report in the Vacaville Reporter.

Police said 21-year-old Vacaville resident Anthony Barragan-Sullivan had been drinking with friends in a park before the accident.

Barragan-Sullivan got behind the wheel of the car, which belonged to one of the passengers, to drive everyone home ”because he was believed to be the least intoxicated,” police said.

He was unable to negotiate a curve on Dobbins Street near Deodora Street (see photo). The car hit the curb and slammed into a telephone pole, knocking out power to the area.

A passenger who had been riding in the front seat got out of the car and left the scene. The two back seat passengers were trapped inside the wrecked vehicle.

Barragan-Sullivan called police and remained at the scene. Emergency crews had to cut away part of the vehicle to extricate the two trapped women, whose names were not released.

Both of the women suffered major injuries and were hospitalized. One of them was listed in serious condition and the other was listed in stable condition, police told the Reporter. No further information about the nature of their injuries was released.

Barragan-Sullivan was arrested at the scene and then taken to a hospital to be seen by a doctor. Once he was medically cleared, he was booked into Solano County Jail and charged with driving on a suspended driver’s license and felony driving under the influence, resulting in injury.

Police were still looking for the woman who was riding in the front seat in order to ask her about the accident.

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Three pedestrians were killed by a drunk driver in Anaheim.

Fatal pedestrian accident: A mother, daughter, and niece were struck and killed by a drunk driver Sunday night in Anaheim.

•   Three women were crossing the street after a baby shower when they were struck by a drunk driver.

•   All three women were killed in the accident.

•   The driver who hit them was arrested on charges of felony drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter.

The deadly drunk driving accident occurred at about 11 p.m., according to an NBC News report.

Anaheim Police Sgt. Bob Dunn said the three victims — 56-year-old Carmen Mendoza, daughter Sheyla Mendoza, 21, and niece Stephanie Henriquez, also 21 — were walking home from a baby shower when the accident happened.

The women were crossing Western Avenue (at Lincoln Avenue) when they were stuck by a red four-door Honda Civic traveling northbound on Western. His rate of speed was not immediately known.

All three women were killed. Sheyla Mendoza died at the scene, according to a report in the Long Beach Press-Telegram.  The other two victims were taken to UCI Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead.

The driver, 40-year-old Anthony Lewis Sanchez of Buena Park, was arrested charges of felony drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter, Dunn said.

Sanchez and his unidentified female passenger both suffered minor injuries and were taken to area hospitals to be treated. Sanchezs was booked into the Orange County Men’s Intake Release Center with bail set at $500,000. He was scheduled to appear in Central Jail Court on Monday.

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Police arrested a drunk driver for a head-on collision that caused major injuries near Yosemite.

Drunk Driving Accident: Two people were airlifted to hospitals with major injuries Tuesday after a head-on collision near Yosemite National Park in Coarsegold, about 40 miles north of Fresno.

•    A drunk driver veered across a double yellow line on a rural road and crashed head-on into an oncoming vehicle.

•    Both drivers were pinned in their vehicles and had to be rescued by emergency workers.

•    Both drivers were airlifted to the hospital with major injuries.

•    The drunk driver was arrested on felony DUI charges.

The car accident occurred at 6:36 p.m. on Road 415 east of Gold Creek Road, according to an article in the Modesto Bee.

The California Highway Patrol reported that 32-year-old Coarsegold resident Jonathan Olmedo was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash.

Olmedo was driving a 2005 Honda Civic eastbound on Road 415 at an unknown speed when he approached a gradual right curve and veered across a double-yellow line into the westbound traffic lane.

The Honda crashed head-on into an oncoming 2005 Ford Focus driven by 26-year-old Keith Dion of Hilmar.

Both vehicles were severely damaged. Olmedo and Hilmar were trapped inside their respective vehicles and had to be extricated by emergency workers.

Both men suffered major injuries in the accident and were airlifted by helicopter to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno. No further information about their injuries or conditions was released.

Olmedo was arrested on felony DUI charges.

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A Caltrans worker was critically injured by a hit-and-run drunk driver on Riverside.

Police caught and arrested a hit-and-run drunk driver who struck and critically injured a Caltrans worker Monday night on Highway 91 in Riverside.

•  A Caltrans worker was setting out cones in an area between Highway 91 and an offramp when a drunk driver veered off the road and hit him.

•   The motorist fled the scene but was caught and arrested about a mile away.

•   The victim suffered critical injuries.

•   The hit-and-run driver was charged with  felony hit and run, DUI causing great bodily injury, and driving without a license.

The pedestrian accident occurred at about 9:30 p.m., according to a report in the Riverside Press-Enterprise.

California Highway Patrol officials said a 37-year-old Caltrans worker, whose name was not released, was setting out traffic cones in the area between westbound Highway 91 and the 14th Street offramp at the time of the accident.

The suspect, 30-year-old Enrique Lopez Lopez of Moreno Valley, veered onto the right shoulder, struck the worker and fled the scene, the CHP said.

“He never attempted to stop or hit the brakes,” Caltrans spokeswoman Terri Kasinga told the Press-Enterprise. “The other worker just heard a thud and saw his partner slide across the ground while the driver just kept on going.”

The victim suffered critical injuries and remained hospitalized.

Riverside police found Lopez about a mile away, near Central Avenue . He was stopped in a 1996 Honda Accord with major front-end damage.

Police arrested him on charges of felony hit and run, DUI causing great bodily injury, and driving without a license. He was booked into booked at Robert Presley Detention Center, according to an ABC News report. His bail was set at $50,000.

The victim was an Azusa resident who was working for Lake Forest-based SEMA Construction, the Caltrans contractor on the Highway 91 carpool lane project.

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An elderly woman was killed in West Covina when street racers crashed into a minivan in which she was riding.

Two suspected street racers were arrested for murder after causing a car accident on Christmas night that killed a 90-year-old woman in West Covina.

•   Two men were street racing and ran a red light. One of them slammed into a Dodge van. The other fled the scene.

•   A 90-year-old woman was riding in the van in a secured wheelchair. She was ejected on impact and died at the scene.

•   The victim’s son, who was driving the van, suffered serious head injuries and was hospitalized.

•   Both of the racing drivers were arrested on murder charges. The one who hit the van also was charged with felony drunk driving. 

The fatal drunk driving accident occurred at 9 p.m., according to a report in the San Bernardino Sun.

West Covina police Lt. Jerry Pearman said 30-year-old Vincent Lopez of Rialto was street racing in a Mitsubishi Eclipse at the time of the deadly crash.

Lopez was racing against a Ford Escort driven by 34-yearold Victor Hugo Sanchez, also of Rialto, Pearman said.

The two vehicles were racing southbound on Lark Ellen Avenue from Cameron Avenue, according to witnesses, when they ran a red light at high speed. The Mitsubishi broadsided a Dodge Caravan that was traveling eastbound on Merced Avenue, Pearman said.

“At the time of the accident, the two were still racing,”  West Covina police Cpl. Rudy Lopez told  CBS News. “Only one of the vehicles collided into the van. The other driver actually took off and went eastbound on Merced, and left the scene.”

The Dodge Caravan was driven by 72-year-old Jaime Ochoa, who was taking his mother — 90-year-old Celia La Torre of West Covina — home from Queen of the Valley Hospital, according to a CBS News report. La Torre was seated in a wheelchair that was secured inside the van.

When the Mitsubishi plowed into the Dodge van, La Torre was ejected from the vehicle. She died at the scene. Ochoa suffered a serious head injury and was taken to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.

Lopez sustained a broken leg. He was arrested at the scene on charges of drunk driving and murder. He was then taken to Queen of the Valley Hospital, where he remained hospitalized. His passenger fled the scene on foot but was found nearby and questioned by police, Pearman said.

Sanchez was arrested Wednesday in Pomona. He was charged with murder.

Investigators said both men had been drinking in a bar in the 200 block of South Glendora Avenue less than an hour before the accident. Their bail was set at $1 million apiece, according to the Sun.

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One pedestrian was killed and two others injured when a drunk driver slammed into them and knocked them down a steep hillside in San Francisco. (Video capture: KTVU)

Fatal pedestrian accident: Police arrested a drunk driver who slammed into three pedestrians and fled the scene Thursday night in the Twin Peaks district of San Francisco. One of the victims died.

•    Four tourists were walking along Christmas Tree Point Road when three of them were struck by a car and knocked 30 feet down a hillside.

•    All of the victims were hospitalized. One of them died.

•   The driver fled the scene but was found nearby. She and two of her passengers, all in their early 20s, were arrested on alcohol-related charges. A 17-year-old passenger was injured and hospitalized.

•    The drunk driver was charged with several felonies, including gross vehicular manslaughter, and with endangering and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

The hit-and-run accident occurred shortly before 9 p.m., according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Ssn Francisco Police Sgt Michael Andraychak said 56-year-old Chinese citizen Yuee Yao and three companions were walking along Christmas Tree Point Road when a four-door sedan struck three of them and knocked them about 30 feet down a hillside, police Lt. Simon Silverman told  CBS Channel 5 News.

A fourth pedestrian was able to jump out of the way and was not hit, said Andraychak said.

Police and firefighters responded to the scene and were able to pull the injured pedestrians back up the hill. All three of the victims were taken to a hospital, where Yao was pronounced dead. The other two were expected to survive

The sedan fled the scene, but was found parked nearby in the Twin Peaks lookout point parking lot. The driver, 23-year-old San Francisco resident Gina Eunice was in the car, along with three passengers — two men aged 22 and 25, and a 17-year-old girl.

Eunice was arrested on several charges, including felony drunk driving, and the two male passengers were arrested for public drunkenness. The 17-year-old girl was injured in the accident and was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, according to the CBS report.

San Francisco District Attorney’s office spokesman Alex Bastian said Eunice was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, two counts of DUI causing injury, and one count of hit-and-run resulting in death, all felonies. She also faces two misdemeanor counts of endangering the health of a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, Bastian said.

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A man was killed after his Smart Car was hit twice on Interstate 210 in Claremont.

Fatal freeway accident: An Upland man was killed Wednesday after his Smart Car was struck first by a drunk driver and then by another vehicle on the I-210 freeway in Claremont.

•   A drunk driver in an Infiniti hit a Smart Car on the freeway. The Smart Car was disabled in the fast lane without working lights.

•   A few moments later, a Toyota crashed into the disabled vehicle from behind; the Smart Car driver died at the scene.

•   The Infiniti driver was arrested for drunk driving.

The tragic car accident occurred shortly before 2:45 a.m., according to a report in the Upland Daily Bulletin.

California Highway Patrol Officer Anthony Martin said 62-year-old Upland resident Antonio Sanchez was driving a Smart Car eastbound on I-210 when he was struck by a 2003 Infiniti G35.

The driver of the Infinity, 50-year-old Sterling Cross, also of Upland, was driving under the influence of alcohol. He managed to get his vehicle over to the shoulder after the accident.

The Smart Car was disabled by the accident, however, and was stuck in the fast lane without working lights. Shortly thereafter, a 1996 Toyota Camry crashed into the disabled vehicle.

Sanchez died at the scene, coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter told the Claremont-LaVerne Patch news site.  The driver of the Camry, 55-year- old James Laurence of Fontana, suffered moderate injuries and was taken to a hospital for treatment.

The CHP officer at the scene notice that Cross appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, so he administered a field sobriety test. Cross was then arrested on drunken driving charges and was booked into the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

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A hit-and-run driver was arrested after striking and injuring a cyclist in Imperial Beach.

A suspected drunk driver was arrested Saturday in Imperial Beach after she fled the scene of a bicycle accident and then returned on foot.

•   A drunk driver hit a bicyclist near her home and then fled the scene in her vehicle.

•   The cyclist was hospitalized with serious injuries.

•   The hit-and-run driver returned to the scene on foot and witnesses identified her.

•   The driver was arrested for felony drunk driving and hit-and-run.

The hit-and-run crash occurred at  about 7:15 p.m., according to a CBS 8 News report.

San Diego County sheriff’s Lt. Scott Amos said a male cyclist, whose identity was not disclosed, was struck by a gold SUV at the intersection of 11th Street and Elm Avenue.

The driver fled the scene in her vehicle.

The bicyclist suffered serious injuries and was transported to UCSD Medical Center for treatment.

Witnesses called the sheriff’s office with information about the vehicle and the driver. While investigators were at the scene, the woman who had been driving the car returned to the scene on foot.

“Witnesses pointed that person out and deputies arrested them for felony drunk driving and hit-and-run,” Amos said.

The driver, who was identified as 49-year-old Linda Jean Stallings, lives on 11th Street very near the accident scene. Authorities did not say why she returned to the scene.

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