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A mother and her two sons were killed by a drunk driver in Daly City. (Video capture: ABC News)

A Sunnyvale man is being held without bail on triple homicide charges after a drunk driving accident killed a mother and her two sons Saturday night in Daly City. A fourth victim was critically injured.

•   A 28-year-old man drank for several hours with friends and then got behind the wheel of a BMW, rear-ended another car, and sped away on city streets at 60 mph.

•   The BMW then T-boned a Toyota, killing a mother and her two sons, and critically injuring a fourth person.

•   The drunk driver, who is being held without bail, was charged with three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter, felony DUI causing great bodily injury, and misdemeanor hit-and-run.

The fatal car accident occurred shortly after 8 p.m., according to a CBS News report. 

Assistant District Attorney Al Serrato said 28-year-old Sunnyvale resident Denis Pereirade Macedo drank heaviily for nearly five hours before he got behind the wheel and rear-ended another vehicle at a stop sign on Eastmoor Avenue.

Macedo then drove around the vehicle and fled the scene in his BMW, heading west on Eastmoor at a speed of up to 60 mph, Serrato said.

A few seconds later, Macedo T-boned a Toyota Tercel that was making a U-turn. The driver of the Tercel, 50-year-old Josefa Osorio Acevedo, was killed, along with her two sons, 23-year-old Amado Osorio Acevedo and 15-year-old Josue Osorio.

Another passenger in the car, Amado Acevedo’s girlfriend, 20-year-old Sarah Sangraw of Daly City, was hospitalized with major injuries, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report. She remained in the hospital on Tuesday.

Macedo was arrested and booked into the San Mateo County jail, where he is being held without bail. His blood alcohol level at the time of the accident was 0.18 percent, Serrato said. That is more than double the legal limit of 0.08 percent.

The drunk driver was charged with three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while driving under the influence, felony DUI causing great bodily injury, and misdemeanor hit-and-run, Serrato said.

According to the San Mateo County Times, Macedo was already on probation for a Santa Clara County drunk driving conviction when the crash happened.

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Two Caltrans workers were killed on the job by drunk drivers on I-405 in Torrance. (Photo: KPCC News)

Two Caltrans workers were killed on the job early Sunday morning when two drunk drivers crashed and then plowed into a construction zone on Interstate 405 in Torrance.

•    A drunk driver rear-ended another drunk driver who had slowed down for a Caltrans construction zone on the freeway.

•   One of the cars spun out and hit three Caltrans workers. 

•  Two of the workers died and the third was hospitalized with serious injuries.

•   Both drunk drivers were arrested and could face involuntary manslaughter charges, police said.

The fatal accident occurred on the northbound side of I-405 — the San Diego Freeway — at about 3:35 a.m., according to a report in the Long Beach Press-Telegram.

California Highway Patrol Officer Dion Conley said the two vehicles involved were a black Lexus RX-350 SUV driven by 43-year-old Stephen Christopher Caserta of Playa Vista and a blue Ford Explorer driven by 23-year-old Yocio Jonathan Gomez of Norwalk.

There were were the only two lanes open at the time, due to freeway construction. The area was well-lit with several signs and traffic cones marking the Caltrans construction zone, Conley said.

Caserta saw the construction zone and was slowing down, CHP Officer Ed Jacobs told the Press-Telegram.  Gomez failed to slow down and slammed into the Lexus SUV from behind.

The impact forced both vehicles into the construction area. The Lexus spun out control and hit three Caltrans workers. Gomez’s car rolled over and landed upside-down.

Two of the Caltrans workers — 56-year-old Ramon Lopez of Chino Hills and 58-year-old Ricardo Zamora of Winchester — died at the scene. The third worker, whose name was not immediately released, was taken to Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center in Harbor City to be treated for minor to moderate injuries, Conley said.

Both Caserta and Gomez suffered minor lacerations and complained of back and neck pain. They were taken to hospitals and arrested on drunk driving charges. Officials said they could face involuntary manslaughter charges as well.

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An 18-year-old drunk driver faces vehicular homicide charges after a crash taht killed her passenger near Ventura.

An 18-year-old woman is facing gross vehicular homicide charges after a drunk driving accident that killed her passenger Wednesday night near Piru, 30 miles northeast of Ventura.

•  A teen drunk driver lost control of her vehicle on a mountain road and rolled down a 130-foot embankment.

•  Her passenger was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.

•  The driver sustained minor injuries. She was arrested on charges of gross vehicular homicide and driving under the influence.

The single-vehicle car accident occurred at about 5:40 p.m.,  according to an article in the Ventura County Star.

The California Highway Patrol reported that 18-year-old Glenda Navarro of Sun Valley was driving under the influence of alcohol when she lost control of her vehicle on Piru Canyon Road.

Navarro was unable to negotiate a right curve in the road, the CHP said. Her vehicle went off the road and rolled about 130 feet down an embankment.

The front-seat passenger, 24-year-old Carlos Cordero of North Hollywood, was ejected from the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Navarro suffered minor abrasions, according to the CHP report, and was airlifted to Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, where she was treated and released to police custody.

She faces charges of gross vehicular homicide and driving under the influence, the CHP said.

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A man was killed in Temecula when his car was hit by a drunk driver and slammed into a brick wall. (Photo: Alexis Neal | Temecula Patch)

A 27-year-old man was killed Sunday in Temecula when a drunk driver crashed into his car and slammed it into a brick wall.

•   A drunk driver crashed into a second vehicle in an intersection.

•   The impact slammed the second vehicle into a brick wall. The driver of that car died.

•   The drunk driver was hospitalized with moderate injuries.

•   The accident is still under investigation.

The fatal car accident occurred at about 5:20 a.m., according to a report in the Riverside Press-Enterprise.

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Jim Larson said Temecula resident Jason Hart, 27, was traveling westbound on Rancho California Road when he approached Moraga Road.

A second vehicle, driven by a suspected drunk driver whose name was not released, was traveling east on Moraga Road and entered the intersection at the same time, investigators said. It was not clear whether the drunk driver ran a red light.

The two vehicles crashed. The powerful impact slammed Hart’s car into a brick wall.

Both drivers were trapped in their vehicles and had to be extricated by emergency crews, Riverside County Fire Department spokesperson Jody Hagemann told CBS News. Rescue personnel immediately transported Hart to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:27 a.m.

The other driver sustained moderate injuries and was taken to a hospital to be treated.

“At this time of the investigation, the driver of the second vehicle is suspected of being under the influence of alcohol, but the investigation is continuing,” Larson said.

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Two passengers were killed in a drunk driving accident on Highway 180 in Fresno. (Video capture: ABC News)

A 24-year-old woman was jailed Saturday after a fatal drunk driving accident on Highway 180 in Fresno. Two of her passengers died.

•  Four Kings Canyon National Park employees were traveling in a Ford Mustang when the driver — who was drunk — lost control of the vehicle on Highway 180.

•  The car went off the road, hit some trees, and crashed down a steep embankment. 

•  Two of the passengers died at the scene. The other was hospitalized with moderate injuries.

•  The driver was jailed on multiple felony DUI charges, including two counts of vehicular manslaughter.

The deadly accident occurred at around 4:30 a.m., according to an ABC News report on KSFN Channel 30, a local network affiliate station.

The California Highway Patrol said Selma resident Stephanie Soza was drunk when she lost control of her 2003 Ford Mustang  on a steep and winding stretch of Highway 180 near Highway 245, about 50 miles east of Fresno.

The Mustang veered off of the narrow two-lane road, crashed into  a mile-post marker, hit a couple of trees, and then went down a steep embankment.

When the car hit the trees, the two male passengers in the car — an 18-year-old from Badger and 21-year-old Joshua Paramore from Philadelphia — hit their heads on the windshield frame, CHP Officer Carlos Gutierrez said. Both of them died at the scene.

Soza got out of the car, climbed back up to the highway, and flagged down a Tulare County ambulance that was passing by and already had a passenger on board, according to an article in the Fresno Bee. It took 30 minutes for paramedics to find the car. When they arrived, they found 22-year-old Katrina Rodriguez alive at the crash site.

Rodriguez suffered moderate injuries. The nature and extent of the injuries was not disclosed. Soza suffered minor injuries. Both women were taken to Community Regional Medical Center to be treated. Rodriguez remained hospitalized.

Soza was released into police custody. She was arrested and booked into Fresno County Jail on three counts of felony driving under the influence resulting in injury and two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.

Soza and all three of her passengers were living and working in Grant Grove Village in Kings Canyon National Park. Grief counselors were sent to the tight-knit community to help the other employees.

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