A 34-year-old Midway City man riding in a Jeep was killed and the driver injured after a BMW rear-ended the Jeep in a suspected DUI crash in Orange, according to a news report.
The California Highway Patrol said that Eric Phan was a passenger in a Jeep that was on the freeway interchange between the southbound 57 to the westbound 22 near the Outlets at Orange mall when the Jeep was hit from behind by a 320i BMW. The Jeep went over the median onto The City Drive onramp to the westbound 22, landing on its roof.
Phan was pronounced dead at the scene. The Jeep driver — Neil Raboy, 36, of Huntington Beach — sustained major head trauma and was taken to UCI Medical Center in critical condition.
The BMW driver — Rebecca Munoz, 22, of Santa Ana — was arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. She was not injured in the crash.
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