A 21-year-old Long Beach woman has been arrested on suspicion of DUI after she ran into the back of a stalled vehicle on the 91 freeway in Buena Park, killing the driver inside, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol said that Christen Payne was driving in the No. 2 lane of the…
A 46-year-old Buena Park man is facing charges of vehicular manslaughter in connection with a March 2009 fatal car accident that killed a 29-year-old Iraq war veteran, according to a news report. Authorities say that James Ralph Huff was intoxicated when he drove his 1996 Porsche at speeds of more than 100 mph on Valley…
A man suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol was arrested after crashing into another car and a vacant building in Garden Grove, according to a news report. Police said that the DUI suspect was driving his pickup south on Knott Street at a high rate of speed, ran a red light and hit…
The driver of a pickup truck has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after being involved in a single-vehicle Fountain Valley car accident that injured his three passengers, according to a news report. Police said that Brenton Kopak of Huntington Beach failed to navigate a sharp turn in the road and rolled his pickup…
An Orange County man who was sitting in a police car after being pulled over on suspicion of DUI was injured after another alleged drunk driver crashed into the police car and at least three other vehicles during an Anaheim car accident, according to a news report. A Garden Grove police spokesman said officers had…
A 30-year-old San Juan Capistrano woman has pleaded guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter in connection with a fatal Dana Point bicycle accident in 2007, according to a news report. Michelle Stearns had been accused of DUI on Oct. 15, 2007 when she lost control of her BMW and crashed into a curb, traffic signal, power…
A 27-year-old Westminster man was killed in a Orange County motorcycle accident and a 24-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and gross vehicular manslaughter, according to a news report. Joey Ramos was riding his motorcycle when he was struck and killed by a pick-up truck driven by Tania Gallina of Los…
A 47-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run and driving on a suspended license, as well as an outstanding DUI warrant from an unrelated case, after leaving the scene of a traffic accident that left a motorcyclists with serious injuries, according to a news report. Huntington Beach police arrested DeAndre Curtis Hill at…
A 23-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to killing two sisters when she crashed into them in her truck after driving the wrong way on the 91 freeway while intoxicated has been sentenced to six years in prison, according to a news report. Jessica Lynn Shekell entered a guilty plea to two counts of vehicular manslaughter…
A 50-year-old Riverside man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after crashing his truck into a car and leaving the scene of the accident, according to a news report. Witnesses told Huntington Beach police that Augustine Mendoza crashed his Mazda pickup truck into a compact car while driving southbound on Beach Boulevard. When the driver…
